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                    as in apparition
                                                
              
          
                                                      the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people                                       
              
                             looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in damn
                                                
              
          
                                                      the smallest amount or part imaginable                                       
              
                             she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in relic
                                                
              
          
                                                      a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished                                       
              
                             the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in demon
                                                
              
          
                                                      an evil spirit                                       
              
                             the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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