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spook
A	noun
	1	ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
			a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚representation; mental representation; internal representation ╚appearance ╚illusion; semblance ╚apparition; phantom; phantasm; phantasma; shadow ╚ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
	2	creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook
			someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚unwelcome person; persona non grata ╚unpleasant person; disagreeable person ╚creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook
B	verb
	1	spook
			frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚stimulate; shake; shake up; excite; stir ╚frighten; fright; scare; affright ╚spook

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