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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.


Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers and present it to the reader.


What is the meaning of the word “inauspicious”?




A.) unremarkable, forgettable


B.) unintelligent, not educated


C.) unimpressive, poorly built


D.) unfavorable, boding

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muhammadhaque007

The answer is D:

Inauspicious means something that does not have a high chance of success, or is unfavorable.

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Answer: D) unfavorable, boding

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). In the given excerpt from chapter 1 of "The Scarlet Letter" we can see the use of the word "inauspicious" which denotation is "not conducive to successs; unpromising or unfavorable" so the correct answer is option D: D.) unfavorable, boding.

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