1. slowness   EXECRATE   CELERITY   ALACRITY   CHOLERIC   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. worthy of esteem   DEROGATORY   DEBONAIR   ALLEVIATE   DESPICABLE   Half-n-half Clue   3. worsen   ALLEVIATE   CARPING   BLEAK   DESTITUTE   Half-n-half Clue   4. appreciation   ALLURE   DIMINUTION   BLANCH   EXHUME   Half-n-half Clue   5. repel   CANDID   CUPIDITY   ALLURE   EPHEMERAL   Half-n-half Clue   6. red-blooded   ENERVATE   BLITHE   DIMINUTION   ANEMIC   Half-n-half Clue   7. realistic   DESECRATE   ANIMATED   DESTITUTE   CHIMERICAL   Half-n-half Clue