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  • 101lucky — lucky,[/p] fortunate, happy, providential all mean meeting with or producing a favorable outcome or an unforeseen or unpredictable success. Lucky implies that the person or persons involved have been favored by chance and that the success has not …

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  • 102aus|pi´cious|ness — aus|pi|cious « SPIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. with signs of success; favorable: »The new boy had an auspicious first day in school. SYNONYM(S): propitious, promising, hopeful. See syn. under favorable. (Cf. ↑favorable) 2. prosperous; …

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  • 103aus|pi´cious|ly — aus|pi|cious « SPIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. with signs of success; favorable: »The new boy had an auspicious first day in school. SYNONYM(S): propitious, promising, hopeful. See syn. under favorable. (Cf. ↑favorable) 2. prosperous; …

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  • 104aus|pi|cious — « SPIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. with signs of success; favorable: »The new boy had an auspicious first day in school. SYNONYM(S): propitious, promising, hopeful. See syn. under favorable. (Cf. ↑favorable) 2. prosperous; …

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  • 105heartening — I adjective assuring, auspicious, bright, cheerful, comforting, consoling, encouraging, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, full of promise, halcyonian, halcyonic, hopeful, opportune, optimistic, promising, propitious, providential, reassuring,… …

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  • 106opportune — I adjective advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, commodus, convenient, due, expedient, fit, fitting, idoneus, opportunus, propitious, providential, seasonable, suitable, suited, timely, well timed II index …

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  • 107lucky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fortunate, opportune, auspicious; chance, fortuitous. See occasion. Ant., unlucky. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Enjoying good luck] Syn. blessed, successful, prosperous; see fortunate 1 . 2.… …

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  • 108present — I. a. 1. At hand, not absent, near, not away. 2. Instant, current, existing, not past nor future. 3. Quick in emergencies, ready, at hand. 4. Instant, immediate. 5. Propitious, attentive, favorable. 6. Favorably attentive, not heedless,… …

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  • 109auspiciousness — noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result • Syn: ↑propitiousness • Ant: ↑unpropitiousness (for: ↑propitiousness), ↑inauspiciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 110Benign — Be*nign , a. [OE. benigne, bening, OF. benigne, F. b[ e]nin, fem. b[ e]nigne, fr. L. benignus, contr. from benigenus; bonus good + root of genus kind. See {Bounty}, and {Genus}.] 1. Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable;… …

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