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OCTOBER
The month following September and preceding November
HALLOWEEN
Spooky holiday on October 31
PUMPKINS
Big orange squash carved at Halloween (plural)
CANDY
Sweet treat made from sugar
COSTUMES
The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball (plural)
HARVEST
Gathering crops when they are ripe
GHOSTS
A mental representation of some haunting experience (plural)
WEREWOLF
A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
VAMPIRE
A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
WITCH
A female sorcerer or magician
ZOMBIE
A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
GREMLINS
Fairies that are somewhat mischievous (plural)
SPOOKY
Unpredictably excitable
DARK
Absence of light or illumination
EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural
CEMETERY
A tract of land used for burials
FOGGY
Filled or abounding with fog or mist
JASON
The husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
NIGHTMARES
A situation resembling a terrifying dream (plural)
CARNIVAL
A festival marked by merrymaking and processions
CREEPY
Annoying and unpleasant
SCREAMS
Sharp piercing cry (plural)

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