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   Mi·rage

   /məˈräZH/

   

   noun

   • 1. an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air: "the surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages"
   • ▪ something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so: "the notion that the public is pro-business is a mirage"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French, from se mirer ‘be reflected’, from Latin mirare ‘look at’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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