Kaleidoscopic- rainbow, inconstant, fluctuating, complex
Opp: monochrome
Kaput- broken, inoperative, conk out
Keel- base, bottom, underside
Keen- acute, zealous, fervid, incisive, piercing, penetrating, ardent
Opp: reluctant
Kernel- essence, quintessence, nucleus, nugget
Kibosh- prevent, scupper, quash, cancel
Killjoy- misery, spoilsport, wowser
Kilter- confused, muddled, disordered
Kink- curl, snag, oddity, loop
Kowtow- obeisance, grovel, truckle, genuflect

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3 Responses to “GRE Essential Vocabulary – List K”

1. John on February 1st, 2011 2:51 am

   from above, i kinda disagree with your definition of ‘kilter’. kilter has to do with condition (working/good) of sometin and not CONUFSED/muddled as stated above.

2. Moses on June 23rd, 2011 1:43 pm

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