1. SPURIOUSNESS   falsehood   thin and tattered with age   causing sleep   bitterly hostile   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. STOIC   conscientious   muddy or cloudy   gloomy   stolid   Half-n-half Clue   3. SUPERFICIAL   gloomy   falsehood   conscientious   shallow   Half-n-half Clue   4. TRITE   overused   meek   easily affected   wordy   Half-n-half Clue   5. SCRUPULOUS   cautious   static   wordy   conscientious   Half-n-half Clue   6. SUBMISSIVE   meek   stealthy   not done before   equivalent   Half-n-half Clue   7. UNOBTRUSIVE   terse   muddy or cloudy   inconspicuous   cautious   Half-n-half Clue