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scepter, specter
scepter (SEP tuhr) (noun)
The staff or emblem of royal authority: The queen carried the scepter in her hand as she walked to her carriage.
specter (SPEK tuhr) (noun)
A ghost or something that appears to haunt a location or an individual: In the shadows, Arnold was certain that he saw the specter of his long lost uncle.
Tradition has it that the royal specter walks beside the prince when he is carrying the scepter into the royal chambers.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
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