1. harsh and loud   TANTAMOUNT   SOPORIFIC   STRIDENT   TENTATIVE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. unswerving   TACITURN   TACTFUL   UNPRECEDENTED   STEADFAST   Half-n-half Clue   3. mocking   WARY   SUSCEPTIBLE   SERVILE   SATIRICAL   Half-n-half Clue   4. capricious   TACTFUL   VIRULENT   WHIMSICAL   SUPERFLUOUS   Half-n-half Clue   5. static   STEADFAST   SURREPTITIOUS   WHIMSICAL   STAGNANT   Half-n-half Clue   6. meek   WHIMSICAL   SOMBER   SURREPTITIOUS   SUBMISSIVE   Half-n-half Clue   7. stealthy   SURREPTITIOUS   SUBMISSIVE   UNWARRANTED   SUCCINCT   Half-n-half Clue