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prev‧a‧lent

–adjective

1.	widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.

2	having the superiority or ascendancy. Archaic. effectual or efficacious.

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1. common, extensive.

—Antonyms 1. rare.

—adj : encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"
ap·pa·ri·tion
n.

A ghostly figure; a specter.

A sudden or unusual sight: “ [The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals and juxtapositions call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon” (Herbert Muschamp).

The act of appearing; appearance.

lade verb, lad‧ed, lad‧en or lad‧ed, lad‧ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.

2.	to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive): laden with many responsibilities.

3.	to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive): trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.

4.	to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to take on a load.

6.	to lade a liquid.

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lader, noun

lad‧en
–adjective

1. Weighed down with a load; heavy: “the warmish air, laden with the rains of those thousands of miles of western sea” (Hilaire Belloc).burdened; loaded down
2. Oppressed; burdened: laden with grief.
3. filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" 2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

<–verb (used with object)

2.

to lade.

1. 1. To load with or as if with cargo.
   2. To place (something) as a load for or as if for shipment.
2. To burden or oppress; weigh down.
3. To take up or remove (water) with a ladle or dipper.

psy‧chin
–adjective Also, psy‧chi‧cal.
1. of or pertaining to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
2. Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
3. outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
4. of or pertaining to some apparently nonphysical force or agency: psychic research; psychic phenomena.
5. sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.
–noun
6. a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium.
pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; "psychic reader"; "psychical research"2: affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma" 3: outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena"n : a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
skimp (skmp)
v. skimped, skimp·ing, skimps
v. tr.

1. To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material: concentrated on reelection, skimping other matters.
2. To provide for or supply inadequately; be stingy with: accused them of skimping defense funding.

v. intr.To be stingy or very thrifty. adj.Scanty; skimpy.
man‧ic-de‧pres‧sive 
Psychiatry.
–adjective

1.	suffering from bipolar disorder.

–noun

2.	a person suffering from this disorder.