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Today's word is:
augury
|ˈôgyərē|
noun ( pl. auguries )
A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen: They heard the sound as an augury of death.
- The work of an augur; the interpretation of omens.
ORIGIN: late Middle English (in the sense 'divination'): from Old French augurie or Latin augurium 'interpretation of omens,' from augur (see augur) .