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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?
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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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