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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

augur

verb

Definition

to predict from signs

In a sentence

The early sales auger well for the season.

Similar words

  • foretell
  • portend

Why this word matters: augur appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.