GRE Word List
AUSPICIOUS
showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
The meaning of the word auspicious is showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious.
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prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |