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(adj) favorable; promising:
Our trip to the beach had an auspicious start; the rain stopped just as we started the car. |
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(adj) softening and soothing
(n) something that softens or sooths:
His kind words served as an emollient to the pain she had suffered. |
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(adj) not genuine; false; counterfeit:
The sportscaster made a spurious claim when he said that the Sand Antonio Spurs were undefeated. |
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(adj) secretive:
The spies planned a clandestine maneuver that depended on its secrecy to work. |
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(adj) not straightforward; crafty:
Mr. Gelman was rather disingenuous; although he seemed simply to be asking about your health, he was really trying to figure out why you;d been absent. |
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(n) a clever trick used to deceive or outwit:
Planting microphones in the gangster's home was a clever, but illegal, stratagem. |
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(adj) done by secretive means:
Matt drank the cough syrup surreptitiously because he didn't want anyone to know he was sick. |
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