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AUSPICIOUS

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

Example:

an auspicious beginning for the campaign

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bright; hopeful; promising (likely to turn out well in the future)

fortunate; rosy (presaging good fortune)

Also:

propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)

Attribute:

auspiciousness; propitiousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)

Antonym:

inauspicious (not auspicious; boding ill)

Derivation:

auspiciousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)

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