Lesson: Intro to Sentence Equivalence

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At 2:00, why is despondent not a correct word?
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Despondent might work, however, we need a second answer choice that would create an equivalent sentence. There is no other word among the answer choices that is synonymous with despondent.

Great video. Looking forward to the rest of them! Thank you for this.
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Glad you like it!

despondent was one of my choices. I need to learn how to decipher deeper meanings

I am not a native english speaker i am from India so my english vocab is not that good so how do i gat a good grip on it.
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Good question.
To do well on the GRE, you'll need to build a strong vocabularty.
This video will help with that: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/gre-sentence-equivalence/video...

Cheers,
Brent

Thanks a lot.

I did not know that there is a lesson like this. please how do i download this video?
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