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SPOOKED
Adjective
spooked (comparative more spooked, superlative most spooked)
A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
(informal) Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.
(philosophy) Duped into believing a spook.
Verb
spooked
simple past tense and past participle of spook
Source: Wiktionary
SPOOK
Spook, n. Etym: [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]
1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The chimæra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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