| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
Antonyms: |
amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock on, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine, security, shoo-in, support, sure thing, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
distrust, doubt |
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | augury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
Synonyms: |
auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
Synonyms: |
agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, do business, haggle, make terms, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact |
| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
Synonyms: |
affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
Antonyms: |
divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | betrothal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage |
Synonyms: |
affiancing, betrothing, engagement, espousal, plight, promise, troth, vow |
Antonyms: |
divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee; contract |
Synonyms: |
agreement, bargain, certificate, collateral, compact, convention, covenant, debenture, guaranty, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, security, transaction, warrant, warranty, word |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
Synonyms: |
assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |