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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Vocab One Shot


The photo's content gives rise to which 2 English terms?

Went unanswered.

Answer : The bird is the auspice . In ancient Rome, auspices supposedly carried good or bad news. Good news was said to be auspicious, while bad was said to be inauspicious.

The priest who read the auspice signs and interpreted them was known as an augur. From here, we get augur, which means to foretell.

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Vocab One Shot


The photo's content gives rise to which 2 English terms?

Went unanswered.

Answer : The bird is the auspice . In ancient Rome, auspices supposedly carried good or bad news. Good news was said to be auspicious, while bad was said to be inauspicious.

The priest who read the auspice signs and interpreted them was known as an augur. From here, we get augur, which means to foretell.

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