SAT vocabulary
Inauspicious
Not conducive to success; unpromising.
Example
"The dark clouds gathering over the stadium made for an inauspicious start to the outdoor concert."
Etymology
From Latin inauspicatus 'ill-omened', from in- 'not' + auspicatus 'augured'.
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