1. not deceptive   ILLUSIVE   PROPINQUITY   PRETENTIOUS   NEFARIOUS   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. pithy   PROLIX   PRISTINE   HUMMOCK   OBLOQUY   Half-n-half Clue   3. intelligible   PROFANE   NEBULOUS   PREFATORY   HYPERCRITICAL   Half-n-half Clue   4. calm   NEOPHYTE   NOTORIOUS   HUBBUB   IGNOBLE   Half-n-half Clue   5. cultivated   HUMMOCK   PRODIGIOUS   PRISTINE   PREFATORY   Half-n-half Clue   6. disease-causing   OBJECTIVE   NOTORIOUS   PROPHYLACTIC   HYBRID   Half-n-half Clue   7. whim   OBESE   OBSEQUIOUS   OBSESSION   PROLIX   Half-n-half Clue