To be a good witch, you have to practice and know what's what. Now if you're new to the show, at times, you may hear words that don't really make any sense to you. I have put together a down-sized list of some of the most common words.

· Triquetra: symbol of the Charmed Ones.

· Book of Shadows: the Halliwell familys spell book passed on from generation to generation; full of spells, potions, incantations, and information.
· The Manor: Halliwell manor, where the Charmed Ones live; house built on a spiritual nexus.
· Super-witch: a witch/whitelighter. Ex: Paige and Wyatt

· Whitelighter: a guardian angel that guides good witches. They are immortal.
· Charges: a witch that is assigned to a whitelighter: the whitelighter's job is to help and guide their charge; they also guide future whitelighters.

· Orbing: the way that whitelighters move from place to place. They fade into white orbs and are able to move from one place to, another near or far.
· The Elders: the whitelighters bosses; they are usually referred to as they or them.
· Familiar: an animal (usually a cat) that helps and guides good witches.(This is Kit, the Charmed One's familiar)
· Vanquish: to kill or destroy; word most commonly used in reference to killing warlocks or demons.
· Warlock: an evil being that tries to steal a witchs powers; most look like humans; have several different powers.
· Demon: an evil creature that kills both witches and people.
· Shimmer: another method used by demons to move from place to place; their image shimmers before they diappear.
· Blinking: a way that warlocks move from place to place; disappear and reappear in the blink of an eye; only evil warlocks have this power.
· Empath: a person who is able to feel what other people feel.
· Premonition: a brief glimpse of a past or future event.
· Darklighter: evil beings that carrier a bow with arrows dipped in a poison that is lethal to whitelighters.

· Tween(s): area where trolls dwell; located between things (i.e. doorways, where light meets dark, etc.)
· Athamae: a ceremonially dagger used by warlocks.
· Potions: mixtures of different ingredients that have several different purposes.
· Levitate: the ability to float in the air.
· Glamour: the ability to make oneself look like someone else.
· Spiritual Nexus: a point on the earth that is equidistant for all of the five elements of nature: earth, water, land, metal, and wood; a place of great power that can be swayed either good or evil; Halliwell manor is built on top of a nexus.
· Energy Ball: ball of energy thrown by demons; usually an electric blue color.
· The Source: the head of the underworld; his power can be switched from demon to demon. The Charmed Ones have vanquished the Source at least twice.
· Fire Ball: more powerful ball of energy thrown by upper level demons; usually only the Source is capable of throwing one.

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