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   wraith

   /reɪθ/

   noun

   • 1. a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.
   • ▪ used in reference to a pale, thin, or insubstantial person or thing: "heart attacks had reduced his mother to a wraith"
   • ▪ a wisp or faint trace of something: "a sea breeze was sending a grey wraith of smoke up the slopes"

   Word Origin early 16th century (originally Scots): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wraithlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • R

     1

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