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GRE Verbal Antonyms Letters J, K, L

Against each key word are given five suggested meanings. Choose the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning to the key word.

1. Keen

a) dull
b) sharp
c) brilliant
d) focused
e) unnecessary

2. Keep

a) protect
b) discard
c) convert
d) celebrate
e) avert

3. Kemp

a) professional
b) successor
c) brave
d) loser
e) atheist

4. Kill

a) murder
b) execute
c) animate
d) slay
e) throw

5. Kindle

a) invoke
b) infuriate
c) put off
d) awaken
e) lavish

6. Kindred

a) humdrum
b) hazard
c) family
d) objective
e) stranger

7. Kinky

a) lowly
b) magnificent
c) royal
d) absurd
e) strange

8. Kingly

a) twisted
b) straight
c) vigorous
d) weak
e) robust

9. Knack

a) skilful
b) dexterous
c) dullness
d) balanced
e) fortunate

10. Knave

a) villain
b) hero
c) dishonest
d) deadly
e) orthodox

11. Knotty

a) intricate
b) complex
c) vigorous
d) easy
e) included

12. Knowledge

a) erudition
b) scholarly
c) ignorance
d) petty
e) absurd

13. Kook

a) particular
b) illiterate
c) fascinating
d) sane
e) arrogance

a) energetic
b) tired out
c) frustrated
d) happy
e) normal

15. Jeer

a) applaud
b) laugh rudely
c) mock
d) warm
e) vanish

16. Jeopardize

a) empower
b) put in danger
c) upset
d) thwart
e) diagnose

17. Jovial

a) moody
b) full of fun
c) happy
d) delighted
e) none of these

18. Judicious

a) prudent
b) imprudent
c) wise
d) scholarly
e) erudite

19. Lacerate

a) Hurt the feelings
b) heal
c) tear the flesh
d) wounded
e) symptomatic

20. Lackadaisical

a) tired
b) uninterested
c) enthusiastic
d) pressurize
e) disallow

21. Languish

a) suffer
b) have a good time
c) perish
d) ill
e) distressed

22. Languor

a) strength
b) weakness
c) stillness
d) illness
e) pleasant

23. Laud

a) condemn
b) praise
c) please
d) upset
e) wonderful

24. Lean

a) slothful
b) straighten
c) tide
d) incline
e) pacify

25. Liberate

a) clean
b) enclose
c) emancipate
d) imprison
e) conceal

Answers

1. dull
2. discard
3. loser
4. animate
5. put off
6. stranger
7. lowly
8. straight
9. dullness
10. hero
11. easy
12. ignorance
13. sane
14. energetic
15. applaud
16. empower
17. moody
18. imprudent
19. heal
20. enthusiastic
21. have a good time
22. strength
23. condemn
24. straighten
25. imprison