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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by emotion,

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the internet's version of regular motion.

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Which of these words is closest in meaning to despondent?

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And here are the potential answers.

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The word "despondent"

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means to be super sad or depressed,

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like when you go through a bad break-up or your favorite

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TV show gets cancelled. Or worse, both.

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We can eliminate addressee.

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It refers to the person to whom you write a letter.

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A little random.

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Now A - dependent.

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Well, that means relying on someone else to do something.

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You know, like when you're down in the dumps,

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you might need a little bit of help to get back on your feet.

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But this isn't quite the same thing. So it's not A.

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Then there's responsive, which means

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reacting to what's happening around you.

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After a bad break-up, you usually lose

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track of most stuff, like how much you're eating or

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how terrible your hair looks.

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Which leaves us with B - hopeless.

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Now, hopeless literally means the absence of hope,

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which is pretty similar to being sad or depressed.

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So the correct answer is B - hopeless.

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Like a snowball's chance in hell.

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