1. boredom   ELEGY   DETERRENT   DURATION   ENNUI   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. puzzle   FERVOR   EUPHEMISM   EVANESCENCE   ENIGMA   Half-n-half Clue   3. person easily tricked   DIGRESSION   DUPE   ELABORATION   EMPATHY   Half-n-half Clue   4. unwillingness   DUPE   DISINCLINATION   ENMITY   ELEGY   Half-n-half Clue   5. frustration   EXASPERATION   EMPATHY   DURATION   ENMITY   Half-n-half Clue   6. addition of details   DISINCLINATION   EXASPERATION   ELABORATION   DISCREPANCY   Half-n-half Clue   7. weakening   EVANESCENCE   DETERRENT   ENERVATION   DIMINUTION   Half-n-half Clue