1. EXASPERATION   decrease   hard work   sharing of feelings   frustration   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. DUPLICITY   guile   weakening   expressiveness   excessive enthusiasm   Half-n-half Clue   3. DIMINUTION   hatred   decrease   hard work   addition of details   Half-n-half Clue   4. FANATICISM   excessive enthusiasm   disappearance   difference   guile   Half-n-half Clue   5. DISCREPANCY   weakening   guile   puzzle   difference   Half-n-half Clue   6. FERVOR   weakening   expressiveness   intense feeling   hard work   Half-n-half Clue   7. ENNUI   difference   expressiveness   decrease   boredom   Half-n-half Clue