specter

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a mental representation of some haunting experience
  2. noun a ghostly appearing figure

Etymology

From Middle French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ghost, shade, spook, wraith, spectre

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