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  1. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  2. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  3. indecorous
    lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
  4. unseemly
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  5. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  6. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  7. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  8. spurious
    plausible but false
  9. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  10. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  11. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  12. expedience
    the quality of being suited to the end in view
  13. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  14. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  15. holistic
    emphasizing the organic relation between parts and the whole
  16. watershed
    a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  17. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  18. fixation
    the act of fastening something firmly in position
  19. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  20. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  21. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  22. swathe
    wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
  23. convoke
    call together
  24. harry
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on, as in wartimes
  25. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  26. cornucopia
    a horn filled with fruit and grain symbolizing prosperity
Created on 六月 15, 2009 (updated 六月 15, 2009)

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