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Apparition

a ghost or ghostlike imagine of a person

Catalyst

Someone or something that sets the plot into motion

Covetous

Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else

Covert

Not openly acknowledged or displayed

Cynical

Believing that people are motivated purely by self interest

Gullible

Easily persuaded to believe something

Mitigate

Make less severe, serious, or painful

Pariah

An outcast

Raze

Completely destroy

Slanderous

False and malicious