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ASVAB Word Knowledge 2.3 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes 205 Views


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ASVAB Word Knowledge: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Drill 2, Problem 3. Which of these words is closest in meaning to auspicious? 


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Thank you We sneak in and here's your smoke du

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jour brought to you by lucky ducks the bird of

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choice for gamblers everywhere Which of these words is closest

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and meaning to auspicious And here So the word auspicious

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describes something that promises good luck or success like a

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rainbow leading to a pot of four leaf clovers You

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know we'd be disappointed too To start we can eliminate

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wary which is a synonym for the word suspicious not

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auspicious sounds The same means i'm different now look could

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be eccentric which means something odd Sure some things we're

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lucky because they're rare or different but that's not quite

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the same thing Then there see mark which means noticeable

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like a marked difference in your grades when you study

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anyway good grades comes from hard work though not luck

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Alright which leaves us with de fortunate well fortunate literally

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means having good fortune or life looks like we hit

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the jackpot here So the correct answer is d fortunate

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and next time your luck runs out just chase After 00:01:05.025 --> [endTime] it you're bound to catch up eventually

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