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81. humility – humble 127. calamity – disaster
82. submission – yielding, give up 128. misery – unhappiness
83. astute – clever 129. affliction – suffering
84. shrewd – clever 130. prosperity – wealth
85. wise – having experience 131. fortune – luck
86. shallow – not deep 132. antique – ancient
87. stolid – little emotion or sensitivity 133. primitive – of an early stage
88. abettor – assistant 134. novelty – new
89. accomplice – assistant 135. vogue – popular
90. colleague – co-worker 136. antipathy – dislike
91. associate – co-worker 137. hostility – unfriendliness
92. adversary - rival, enemy 138. aversion – dislike
93. antagonist – enemy 139. disillusion – disappointment
94. abate – become less intense 140. admiration – respect
95. mitigate – reduce 141. fascination – attraction
96. aggravate – to make worse 142. amplify – increase
97. augment - to increase 143. dilation – enlarge
98. supplement – added to something to 144. curtail – reduce
enhance 145. diminution – decrease
99. arraign - to charge 146. contraction - decrease
100. accuse – to blame
101. exculpate – to free from guilt
102. condone – accept behaviour that is wrong
103. exonerate – free from blame
104. indifference – lack of concern
105. aloofness – not friendly
106. anxiety – eagerness
107. emigrant – from another country
108. native – citizen
109. occupant – owner
110. alacrity – eagerness, speed
111. swiftness – fast
112. briskness – full of life
113. promptness – quickly
114. sluggishness – lazy
115. apathy – lack of interest
116. indolence – laziness
117. lethargy – lack of energy
118. affront – insult, provoke
119. exasperate – intensely irritated
120. indignity – embarrassed
121. irreverence – disrespect
122. conciliate – to calm
123. appease – to calm
124. mollify - to comfort
125. assuage – make less intense
126. adversity – difficult situation
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