1. respectable   VENERABLE   SCRUPULOUS   VIABLE   TACITURN   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. wordy   VERBOSE   STRIDENT   SLUGGISH   STOIC   Half-n-half Clue   3. workable   TENACIOUS   VOLUBLE   VIABLE   SATIRICAL   Half-n-half Clue   4. bitterly hostile   TRIFLING   VIRULENT   SUPERFLUOUS   SUPERFICIAL   Half-n-half Clue   5. submissive   SUBORDINATE   TACTFUL   TRIFLING   SERVILE   Half-n-half Clue   6. swollen   TURGID   VOLUBLE   TRIFLING   VENERABLE   Half-n-half Clue   7. meek   SUPERFLUOUS   UNOBTRUSIVE   SUCCINCT   SUBMISSIVE   Half-n-half Clue