1. distant   ASTUTE   ALOOF   CIRCUITOUS   CONTENTIOUS   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. brief   ANONYMOUS   ARTICULATE   AUDACIOUS   CONCISE   Half-n-half Clue   3. self-governing   BLIGHTED   ARBITRARY   AUTONOMOUS   ACCESSIBLE   Half-n-half Clue   4. not self-indulgent   AMICABLE   CONCILIATORY   ABSTEMIOUS   ABSTRUSE   Half-n-half Clue   5. suffering from disease   AESTHETIC   BLIGHTED   ARBITRARY   AMBIGUOUS   Half-n-half Clue   6. hard-working   BENEVOLENT   AUTHORITARIAN   ASSIDUOUS   AMORPHOUS   Half-n-half Clue   7. nameless   ABSTRUSE   AMBIGUOUS   COLLOQUIAL   ANONYMOUS   Half-n-half Clue