1. FANATICISM   person easily tricked   hindrance   excessive enthusiasm   intense feeling   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. DIMINUTION   expressiveness   extract from book or film   decrease   great difference   Half-n-half Clue   3. DURATION   discord   unwillingness   boredom   time during which thing lasts   Half-n-half Clue   4. DIGRESSION   sorrowful song   disappearance   weakening   departure from main subject   Half-n-half Clue   5. EXCERPT   weakening   departure from main subject   extract from book or film   hard work   Half-n-half Clue   6. FERVOR   intense feeling   hard work   sharing of feelings   boredom   Half-n-half Clue   7. DILIGENCE   boredom   hindrance   hard work   sharing of feelings   Half-n-half Clue