1. VANGUARD   stern   rearguard   stepney   vantage   defence   Hint Hint       2. VENIAL   posterior   arterial   unpardonable   honest   antibiotic   Hint       3. SENTENTIOUS   verbose   pithy   insensitive   veracious   placid   Hint       4. VAUNTED   belittled   disparate   underground   repugnant   defeated   Hint       5. TYRO   agility   expert   debutante   alacrity   rigidity   Hint       6. UNFEIGNED   unexampled   undoubted   tarnished   developed   pretended   Hint       7. SEDENTARY   tenacious   active   craven   intentional   careless   Hint