Vocabulary.com Halloween "Definition Matching" Exercise

Vocabulary University® Halloween Vocabulary "Match the Definition":

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15 Halloween-related vocabulary words.

1. _____ Dracula

2. _____ Frankenstein

3. _____ cackle

4. _____ cauldron

5. _____ cemetery

6. _____ coven

7. _____ crypt

8. _____ curse

9. _____ lycanthrope

10. _____ macabre

11. _____ miasma

12. _____ petrify

13. _____ phantasm

14. _____ skeleton

15. _____ superstition
Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.

a. group of witches, esp. 13 in total

b. ghastly; gruesome

c. paralyze with terror

d. werewolf

e. to laugh shrilly

f. name for all bones in the body

g. dangerous atmosphere

h. burial chamber

i. specter; vision

j. wish of evil, doom

k. graveyard

l. large boiler

m. night-time, bloodsucking monster

n. irrational belief

o. Doctor who created monster in Mary Shelley's novel

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We have four other exercises using these same 12+ words:

Halloween "Fill-in-the-Blanks"

Halloween "Definition Match" - you are here!

Halloween "Spooky Crossword"

Halloween "Word Find"

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