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• Answer 1:--what is a 5 letter noun that comes from the Norwegian root KROS meaning "a plague or trouble" and whose definition is "the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc. will befall someone"?
• Answer 2:--what is a 5 letter noun that comes from the Latin root COVENT meaning "assembly" and whose definition is "an assembly or band of witches, esp. a group of thirteen (13) witches"?
• Answer 3:--what is a 8 letter noun that comes from the Latin root CALIDUS meaning "warm or hot" and whose definition is "a large kettle or boiler circa 1250-1300"?
• Answer 4:--what is a 6 letter verb that comes from the Swedish root KACKLA meaning "to talk" and whose definition is "to laugh in a broken manner; to utter a shrill, broken cry (as of a hen)"?

PUZZLE #1 - Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Answer Sheet.

Your answer 1 Answer #1: Correct Answer Here Curse
Your answer 2 Answer #2: Correct Answer Here Coven
Your answer 3 Answer #3: Correct Answer Here Cauldron
Your answer 4 Answer #4: Correct Answer Here Cackle

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In the list below are 4 sets of 13 words related to witches, witchcraft and goblins. Four words are the correct answers for the puzzle above.

• Witches: clairvoyant, coven, diviner, enchantress, fortuneteller, hag, seer, shaman, sibyl, soothsayer, sorcerer, shrew, vixen.
• Witch activities: black magic, cackle, cauldron, ceremonies, curse, occultism, potions, ritual, spell, sorcery, trickery, voodoo, wizardry.
• Witch verbs: allure, captivate, charm, conjure, enchant, enravish, entice, entrance, haunt, hex, influence, petrify, scare.
• Other words for Goblins: boogeyman, demon, devil, elf, fairy, gnome, gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, ogre, phantom, specter.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #2 "text" - put your answers in the boxes BELOW:

• Answer 5:--what is a 5 letter noun that comes from the Latin root CRYPTA meaning "underground cave" and whose definition is "subterranean vault or chamber used as a burial place"?
• Answer 6:--what is a 7 letter adjective that comes from the French root MACABRE meaning "death" and whose definition is "gruesome in character; ghastly; dealing with or representing death"?
• Answer 7:--what is a 8 letter noun that comes from the Greek root KOIMAN meaning "to put to sleep" and whose definition is "a place for burying the dead; graveyard"?
• Answer 8:--what is a 7 letter verb that comes from the Latin roots PETRA & FAC meaning "rock & make" and whose definition is "to convert to stone; to stun or paralyze with terror"?

PUZZLE #2 - Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Answer Sheet.

Your answer 5 Answer #5: Correct Answer Here Crypt
Your answer 6 Answer #6: Correct Answer Here Macabre
Your answer 7 Answer #7: Correct Answer Here Cemetery
Your answer 8 Answer #8: Correct Answer Here Petrify

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #3 "text" - put your answers in the boxes BELOW:

• Answer 9:--what is a 11 letter noun that comes from the Latin roots LYKOS & ANTHROPOS meaning "wolf & man" and whose definition is "a werewolf; a person displaying wild animal or wolf-like characteristics"?:
• Answer 10:--what is a 8 letter noun that comes from the Latin root PHAINEIN meaning "to bring to light" and whose definition is "a specter; a product of fantasy; a supposed vision of an absent person, living or dead"?:
• Answer 11:--what is a 12 letter noun that comes from the Latin roots SUPER & STIT meaning "above & stand" and whose definition is "an irrational belief in, the notion or fear of what is unknown or mysterious, esp. with connection to religion"?:
• Answer 12:--what is a 6 letter noun that comes from the Latin root MIASMA meaning "pollution" and whose definition is "dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike atmosphere or influence; noxious exhalations"?:

Your answer 9 Answer #9: Correct Answer Here Lycanthrope
Your answer 10 Answer #10: Correct Answer Here Phantasm
Your answer 11 Answer #11: Correct Answer Here Superstition
Your answer 12 Answer #12: Correct Answer Here Miasma

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