apparition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a ghostly appearing figure
  2. noun the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  3. noun something existing in perception only

Etymology

From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

In classic literature

Synonyms

phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre

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