1. praise   EQUANIMITY   EXCORIATE   EVASIVE   EUPHONIOUS   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. prompt   DILATORY   AMORPHOUS   APPREHEND   DEBILITATE   Half-n-half Clue   3. curse   BENISON   CENTRIFUGAL   ANALOGOUS   DEARTH   Half-n-half Clue   4. strengthen   CHAFFING   EUPHONIOUS   DEBILITATE   BEATIFIC   Half-n-half Clue   5. malignant   CENSURE   BENIGN   DILATORY   ADVOCATE   Half-n-half Clue   6. cowardly   DILATORY   APPEASE   DAUNTLESS   AMORAL   Half-n-half Clue   7. strident   DEBILITATE   EXCORIATE   EUPHONIOUS   AMPLIFY   Half-n-half Clue