Antonyms

A swindler is one who claims knowledge and skill that he does not have. He is a big talker, a prattler or a quack. We need a word that is opposed to a person who deceives people. Hence, 'benefactors' is the correct option.

The word means to be excited and very interested to find out something. But when one is apathetic, there is no excitement and there is complete lack of interest.

To censure means to admonish or to condemn and criticise. Praise is just opposite of that in meaning. The relevant word is ‘praised’.

Possibility, chance and hope are all synonymous with the word prospect. Unlikelihood is opposed in meaning to the given word and that is the correct answer.

To enfranchise means to liberate; to set free. Its opposite is to enfetter, meaning to enslave.

The opposite of to engender among the choices  for this question is to eradicate.

The opposite of enervate among the choices is to strengthen.

To engender means to create; to bring into existence. Its opposite is to extinguish, meaning to destroy.

To enervate means to weaken; to debilitate. Its opposite is to fortify, meaning to strengthen.

Abhor is to detest/loathe ... So, opposite of abohr will be approve.

Celestial is heavenly. So, it is correct opposite of earthly meaning worldly.

Censure is to condemn/criticise. Opposite will be commend, which means praise/ compliment.

Barbarous is primitive/ uncivilised. So, opposite is civilised.

To acquit means to absolve..i.e. to declare not guilty. So, the opposite is to declare guilty i.e. condemn.

This is the correct answer in this context as Libel means defamation and its antonym is praise.