| Front | Specter of something |
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| Back | A notion or fear of something bad that might happen in the future. Specter means a ghost or spirit of a dead person. People tell you that you are crazy. The specter of failure always hangs over you. “Ghost of the Future,” he exclaimed, “I fear you more than any specter I have seen….” A Christmas Carol (1867) News of the disease raised the specter of [=made people worry about] a possible plague. |
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