demon
Other forms: demons
A demon is an evil, mythical monster or spirit. Stories about demons are featured in a variety of different religious traditions.
You might come across a demon in a supernatural fairy tale, or even in the Christian Bible. Demons are often interchangeable with devils, and both words are sometimes used to talk about a cruel, fiendish person. If you're extremely good at something, you also might be described as a demon: "She's a demon at bowling." The Greek root, daimon, doesn't have the same negative connotations — it means "spirit or deity."
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an evil supernatural beingtypes:incubusa male demon believed to visit people while they sleep and to consort with sleeping womentype of:evil spirita spirit tending to cause harm
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a cruel, wicked, and inhuman persontypes:demoniacsomeone who acts as if possessed by a demontype of:
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someone extremely diligent or skillful
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In the fourth book of the Heroes of Olympus series, the Doors of Death must be found and closed. Rick Riordan uses these words to describe the demigods' adventures in the Underworld.
Learn these words from the magazine article by Ronald Naversen (Inside: Level A, Unit 8). Here are our links to the selections of "Art and Soul": Old Music Finds New Voices; When I Sing, Making Faces, Wings, Icarus and Daedalus, Pas de Trois Here are our links to the units of Level A: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary