Guess the Word by its Origin
Define and Guess
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GUESS
200

"Coming from the Latin word 'mort,' meaning 'death,' this word describes the quality of being certain to die."

Mortality

200

"The crime of deliberately ending someone's life."

murder

200

An animal that symbolizes evil and bad luck and is a witch's pet.

BLACK CAT

200

A house where ghosts often appear.

Haunted House

400

"From the Latin word 'caput' meaning 'head,' this word means 'to remove someone's head."

decapitate

400

This term describes the quality or state of being certain to die; also means causing death."

mortal

400

A spirit of a dead person represented as a pale, transparent image.

A GHOST

400

A small creature that catches insects in a web.

BEAUTIFUL SPIDEEER!

600

"From the Latin 'morbidus,' meaning 'diseased,' this word describes an interest in disturbing topics."

Morbid

600

"Refers to a place related to death or burial, often seen in horror movies."

mortuary

600

A large round metal container used for cooking over fire.

Cauldron

600

What colors are associated with Halloween?

BLACK - ORANGE - PURPLE

800

"A word that combines the Latin for 'dead' and 'pledge,' often connected to loans that take a long time to pay off."

mortgage

800

"A formal agreement to pay for a property over time. Hint: it has a spooky meaning related to 'death.'"

mortgage

800

A body of a human that has been mummified.

Mummy

800

A frame of bones that supports a human body

Skeleton

1000

"This word, from 'fenestra,' refers to the act of throwing something out of a window. Careful—it’s intense!"

defenestrate

1000

Describes something related to unpleasant topics, especially death.

morbid

1000

A woman with evil magic powers.

Witch

1000

A set of clothes worn to look like someone else.

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