Example : We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us.

Synonyms : fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre

Example : I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter.

Example : A ghostly apparition at midnight.

Synonyms : fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow

Example : Natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger.