90+ Vocabulary Words for Halloween (ESL/ELD)

Michelle S

ESL students appreciate learning vocabulary that they can use right away. They will see these Halloween vocabulary words throughout the community, at stores, in advertisements, and on holiday cards.

afraid
alarming
Autumn
bat
bizarre
black
black cat
blood
bone
boo
broomstick

candy
cape
carve
cat
cauldron
cemetery

child

children
chilling
cloak
cobweb
costume

costume party
creepy

dark
darkness
disguise
dress up

eerie
eyeballs

face paint
fall
fangs
festival

flashlight
fog
fright
frighten
frightening
frightful

fun
ghost
goodies

Halloween
hat
haunt
haunted house
hayride
howl

jack-o'-lantern
kids

lantern
make-believe
make-up
mask
masquerade
midnight
monster
moon
moonlight
moonlit

night

October
orange
owl

party
prank
pretend
pumpkin

scare
scarecrow
scary
scream
shadow
shadowy
skeleton
skull
spider
spider web

superstition

superstitious
sweets
thirty first
treat
trick
trick-or-treat
web
weird
wicked
wig
witch

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