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keen

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore K words

sharp in perception or intellect; intensely eager

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Keen in a sentence

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Her keen eye for inconsistencies made her an excellent fact-checker.

Antonyms
dullobtuseapathetic

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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.

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Questions about “keen”

Keen (adjective) means sharp in perception or intellect; intensely eager
Here is keen used in an example sentence: "Her keen eye for inconsistencies made her an excellent fact-checker."
Common synonyms for keen include astute, perceptive, shrewd, acute.
Antonyms of keen include dull, obtuse, apathetic.
Keen is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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