1. muddy or cloudy   SUBORDINATE   TURBID   VIABLE   TURGID   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. saying very little   TACITURN   SUPERFLUOUS   WARY   SPURIOUSNESS   Half-n-half Clue   3. of lesser rank   SPURIOUSNESS   SUBORDINATE   STAGNANT   SERVILE   Half-n-half Clue   4. equivalent   TANTAMOUNT   UNKEMPT   TACIT   SUPERFLUOUS   Half-n-half Clue   5. gloomy   TRITE   STOIC   SOMBER   SAVORY   Half-n-half Clue   6. thin and tattered with age   THREADBARE   VERBOSE   SUCCINCT   SCRUPULOUS   Half-n-half Clue   7. seated   SEDENTARY   SATIRICAL   UNOBTRUSIVE   TURBID   Half-n-half Clue