1. praising   DEROGATORY   ENUNCIATE   ANIMATED   CHOLERIC   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. miserliness   CRUX   EXONERATE   ALTRUISM   EXECRATE   Half-n-half Clue   3. silence   EXHUME   ANATHEMATIZE   DIN   AGILITY   Half-n-half Clue   4. slowness   ALACRITY   CUPIDITY   CELERITY   EXHUME   Half-n-half Clue   5. ardent   ALOOF   BLASÉ   ENUNCIATE   EXODUS   Half-n-half Clue   6. cheerful   DIN   ANIMUS   BLASÉ   BLEAK   Half-n-half Clue   7. affluent   ANIMUS   CASTIGATION   ENERVATE   DESTITUTE   Half-n-half Clue