1. thin and tattered with age   TURGID   VOLATILE   THREADBARE   SPURIOUSNESS   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. untidy   UNOBTRUSIVE   SPURIOUSNESS   VOLUBLE   UNKEMPT   Half-n-half Clue   3. barely enough   TRITE   SEDENTARY   TACTFUL   SCANTY   Half-n-half Clue   4. cautious   WARY   TACITURN   SLUGGISH   VENERABLE   Half-n-half Clue   5. appetizing   SAVORY   VOLUBLE   SPORADIC   SATIRICAL   Half-n-half Clue   6. overused   UNKEMPT   UNPRECEDENTED   TRITE   TACITURN   Half-n-half Clue   7. meek   VERBOSE   SUBMISSIVE   SUCCINCT   SPURIOUSNESS   Half-n-half Clue