1. terse   SUPERFICIAL   SPURIOUSNESS   SUCCINCT   SATIRICAL   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. thin and tattered with age   STEADFAST   THREADBARE   WARY   TENTATIVE   Half-n-half Clue   3. appetizing   SCANTY   SAVORY   SLUGGISH   SERVILE   Half-n-half Clue   4. capricious   SUBMISSIVE   STEADFAST   WHIMSICAL   SERVILE   Half-n-half Clue   5. respectable   VOLUBLE   VENERABLE   SUCCINCT   SOPORIFIC   Half-n-half Clue   6. workable   SLUGGISH   VIABLE   TACIT   TENACIOUS   Half-n-half Clue   7. overused   TRITE   VOLUBLE   SUBMISSIVE   STOIC   Half-n-half Clue