Halloween

1. (n.) a period of one hundred years.
3. (n.) acknowledging someone or something, usually as a way to celebrate or show appreciation or admiration. We're having a party in _____ of our manager being promoted as the company's CEO.
4. (n.) the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
7. (n.) persons who come to live permanently in a foreign country.
11. (v.) join or merge to form a single unit or substance. In order to make a dough, you need to ____ flour with water.
12. (adv.) luckily
14. (adj.) especially great, special and exceptional
15. (adv.) in the end, finally.
16. (n.) the outside limit of an object, area, or surface.
17. (adv.) as a substitute or alternative to; in place of. ______ of going by taxi, he went by bus to save money.
19. (v.) to announce and make known formally, officially, or explicitly.
20. (v.) say something, announce something in a solemn and emphatic manner.
21. (prep.) The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading _____ the whole world in a short period of time.
22. (adv.) very often; frequently.

1. (v.) take control of (a place or people) by military force.
2. (v.) continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.
5. (v.) cause (something) to become generally liked.
6. (n.) the set of good or bad events that happen to you and have an effect on your life. If someone tells your ______, that person tries to discover what will happen to you in the future, for example by looking at the lines on your hands or by using a special set of cards.
8. (v.) cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten.
9. (v.) adopt a more steady or secure style of life, especially in a permanent job and home.
10. (adj.) frightening; causing fear.
13. (prep.& phrasal verb) He wanted to take _____ all the duties and reassign them to different staff later, so things would hopefully run smoothly.
18. (adv.) to a great extent; very much.
23. (prep.) He always plays tricks _____ his friends but he never does any harm to them.