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ghost

Definition for ghost

noun as in spirit of the dead

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The man’s mind, we know from the poem, is consumed with grief for his lost love, Lenore, and terror that her ghost has come seeking entrance.

The second section is told from the perspective of Jatgeir’s friend, the “churchman” Elias, who has “never had any doubt that ghosts exist.”

“A couple ghosts out there in Monument Park helped keep that fair,” Judge said.

Sethe, who has spent much of her life in slavery, is disturbed by the ghost of the baby she killed to spare the child from slavery.

Garfield is all galling charisma and Edebiri is in some pallid register, like a Victorian ghost that you’re not sure whether to fear.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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