Vocab Builder #19

1. Ameliorate - To make something better or more tolerable.
Synonyms: Improve, enhance, mitigate.
Antonyms: Worsen, aggravate, intensify.

Example: The government implemented new policies to ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.

2. Fastidious - Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
Synonyms: Meticulous, scrupulous, exacting.
Antonyms: Careless, negligent, sloppy.

Example: She was fastidious about keeping her house clean and organised.

3. Laconic - Using very few words.
Synonyms: Brief, concise, terse.
Antonyms: Verbose, loquacious, wordy.

Example: His laconic reply suggested that he was not interested in continuing the conversation.. Laconic - Using very few words.

4. Munificent - More generous than is usual or necessary.
Synonyms: Generous, bountiful, lavish.
Antonyms: Stingy, miserly, ungenerous.

Example: The university received a munificent donation that funded several new scholarships.4. Munificent - More generous than is usual or necessary.

5. Perfunctory - Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
Synonyms: Cursory, superficial, automatic.
Antonyms: Thorough, attentive, diligent.

Example: His perfunctory nod indicated that he wasn't really paying attention to the details of the project.5. Perfunctory - Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.