Ghost: Soul, Spirit, Demon. The disembodied spirit of a dead person, conceived of an appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition. Phantom: Something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical exsistance; Apparition, Vision, Spector. Something to be feared or deaded. Wraith: Guardian; a ghost. Spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person dies. Poltergeist: Responsible for mysterious noisy disturbances or moving, misplacing of objects. Some poltergeists have been reported to cause physical harm to people. Haunt: Visit often or continually. Frequented by ghosts. |