1. ascetic   AMICABLE   COLLOQUIAL   COMPLEMENTARY   AUSTERE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. hard-working   COMPREHENSIVE   ANALOGOUS   ASSIDUOUS   AUTHORITARIAN   Half-n-half Clue   3. fit for informal speech   AUTHORITARIAN   COLLOQUIAL   CLAIRVOYANT   ACRID   Half-n-half Clue   4. suffering from disease   ALOOF   COMPLEMENTARY   BLIGHTED   ARABLE   Half-n-half Clue   5. shrewd   ABSTRUSE   ASTUTE   ARBITRARY   APOCRYPHAL   Half-n-half Clue   6. distant   AFFABLE   CENSORIOUS   CIRCUITOUS   ALOOF   Half-n-half Clue   7. formless   ALOOF   CONTENTIOUS   CLAIRVOYANT   AMORPHOUS   Half-n-half Clue