1. contract   BENIGN   DILATE   BENISON   APPOSITE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. set free   AMASS   APPREHEND   DANK   AFFLUENCE   Half-n-half Clue   3. lack of talent   EUPHONIOUS   CHAFFING   CENSURE   APTITUDE   Half-n-half Clue   4. progress   CENTRIFUGAL   DEBACLE   DILATE   DILATORY   Half-n-half Clue   5. decrease   APPREHEND   APPEASE   BELITTLE   AMPLIFY   Half-n-half Clue   6. unfeigned   AMPLIFY   EQUILIBRIUM   AFFECTED   EQUANIMITY   Half-n-half Clue   7. inappropriate   AFFABLE   APPOSITE   AFFECTED   ADVOCATE   Half-n-half Clue