Question 5 • PBCSD_CR_1001375_English 3_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2015
“Inauspicious” means suggesting that something bad or unlucky may happen. In the excerpt, the narrator describes the portal as inauspicious, or unfavorable and boding ill, before the story begins. Therefore, the correct choice is “unfavorable, boding ill.”
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