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One way to figure out the meaning of a challenging sentence is to see whether it has a positive or negative connotation. This high-level perspective can help you find words that convey the correct meaning. Try it out on this example. Though not really a tough sentence, it shows you what I mean:

Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce two completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

Everyone is so _____ that you did great on the GRE: We knew you could do it!

ecstatic

stunned

thrilled

shocked

dumbfounded

bewildered

All the choices suggest that you did better than expected, but stunned, shocked, dumbfounded, and bewildered imply that everyone thought you would tank, and what kind of friends are those? However, we knew you would do great, probably because you used GRE For Dummies to prepare for the test. The second half of the sentence doesn’t convey doubt (“We knew you could do it!”), so the correct answers are Choices (A) and (C).