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Phantom

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specternounA ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
apparitionnounAn unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
spectrenounBritish standard spelling of specter.
unrealNot real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
shadownounA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

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WordDefinition
specternounA ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
spectrenounBritish standard spelling of specter.
apparitionnounAn unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
shadownounA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
unrealNot real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
spooknoun(informal) A scare or fright.
ghostnounA disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
spiritnounThe soul of a person or other creature.
fantasynoun(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
imaginarynounExisting only in the imagination.
bogeynoun(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
notionalnounA fake company used as a front in espionage.
figmentnounA fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
fictionalInvented, as opposed to real.
fictivenoun(Internet slang) From the living character and multiplicity subculture: a headmate who is in some way a character from a fictional work, whether in inspiration, form, or identity. Originally popularized with soulbonds, and also used for fictional introjects and dissociative identity disorder.
fictitiousInvented; contrived.
illusoryResulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
hauntingnounA particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
insertnounAn image inserted into text.
bogusnoun(US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.

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