[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["in ancient Rome, any of a group of charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.", "Sometimesau·gur·er[].someone who foretells the future and interprets omens; soothsayer or prophet."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken:Mounting sales augur a profitable year.", "to predict or foretell, as from signs or omens:He made careful calculations and augured happy and sure success for the new enterprise.The curator augurs from ticket sales that this exhibition will be the dawning of the artist’s career."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to be a sign of a certain kind of outcome; bode (well, ill, etc.):The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.", "to make a prediction or guess based on signs or omens:Despite receiving him coolly, she had not refused his gift, and he augured favorably from that."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to argue, talk, or converse."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an excessively talkative person."]}]