Understanding Word Meanings

Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in the blank.

      a. cemetery
      b. coffin
      c. costume
      d. devil
      e. ghost
      f. goddess
      g. grave
      h. skeleton
      i. skull
      j. the harvest
      k. trick or treat
      l. witch

1		a woman who is believed to have magical powers
2		a powerful female being that people worship
3		the spirit of a dead person that comes back to earth
4		what children say to get candy when they go out on Halloween
5		clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else
6		the bone of the head
7		the set of bones that supports the human body
8		the box in which a dead body is placed when it is buried
9		the place, marked by a stone, where a dead person is buried
10		the area of ground where many dead people are buried near each other
11		the time of year when the crops (food that is grown) are collected
12		an evil being, usually represented as a person with a tail and horns