Random GRE/CAT VOCABULARY LIST
auspicious
Meaning :
favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices
Adjective. Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.
Sentence :
The bank looks like it might be off down a rough road after such an auspicious beginning.
Synonyms :
advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed
Antonyms :
inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky
Mnemonic Technique 1 :
auspicious sounds similar to suspicious; being suspicious in nature can really favor your success if your a detective.
Mnemonic Technique 2 :
: a+uspicious—sounds like “a suspicious†any thing suspicious is not favourable, so a(not ) suspicious means FAVORABLE, SUITABLE
More Examples :
Auspicious start for the new bedford town band.
We cannot contemplate with equanimity anything less than a truly auspicious beginning having the good wishes of everyone concerned.
