1. spiteful   MEAGER   MALICIOUS   LOFTY   IRREPROACHABLE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. opposite to that expected   JOCULAR   LAUDABLE   INERT   IRONIC   Half-n-half Clue   3. very tall   LOFTY   INTRACTABLE   INHERENT   INFAMOUS   Half-n-half Clue   4. using few words   MOROSE   INTREPID   LACONIC   INSOLENT   Half-n-half Clue   5. inactive   LUXURIANT   INERT   INGENIOUS   IRRESOLUTE   Half-n-half Clue   6. big-hearted   LURID   LACONIC   INFAMOUS   MAGNANIMOUS   Half-n-half Clue   7. disfigured   MARRED   INTREPID   MUNIFICENT   IRREPROACHABLE   Half-n-half Clue