<p>@Hellomynameisc</p>
<p>Auspicious should have a positive connotation.</p>
<p>The sentence is actually more like this</p>
<p>Vulture populations in (somewhere) have rebounded, but the future of them does not look so <strong><em>, as the coastal wetlands </em></strong>_ to development in hte South.</p>
<p>I remember one of the choices were assured/circumvent and the other one was auspicious/succumb. I put auspicious, and upon looking at the definitions, I’m 100% sure that it was the right choice.</p>