Guess the Word by its Origin
"Coming from the Latin word 'mort,' meaning 'death,' this word describes the quality of being certain to die."
Mortality
"The crime of deliberately ending someone's life."
murder
An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck and is a witch's pet.
BLACK CAT
A house where ghosts often appear.
Haunted House
"From the Latin word 'caput' meaning 'head,' this word means 'to remove someone's head."
decapitate
This term describes the quality or state of being certain to die; also means causing death."
mortal
A spirit of a dead person represented as a pale, transparent image.
A GHOST
A small creature that catches insects in a web.
BEAUTIFUL SPIDEEER!
"From the Latin 'morbidus,' meaning 'diseased,' this word describes an interest in disturbing topics."
Morbid
"Refers to a place related to death or burial, often seen in horror movies."
mortuary
A large round metal container used for cooking over fire.
Cauldron
What colors are associated with Halloween?
BLACK - ORANGE - PURPLE
"A word that combines the Latin for 'dead' and 'pledge,' often connected to loans that take a long time to pay off."
mortgage
"A formal agreement to pay for a property over time. Hint: it has a spooky meaning related to 'death.'"
mortgage
A body of a human that has been mummified.
Mummy
A frame of bones that supports a human body
Skeleton
"This word, from 'fenestra,' refers to the act of throwing something out of a window. Careful—it’s intense!"
defenestrate
Describes something related to unpleasant topics, especially death.
morbid
A woman with evil magic powers.
Witch
A set of clothes worn to look like someone else.
COSTUME