1. great difference   DISPARITY   DISINCLINATION   DUPE   DETERRENT   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. hindrance   EXCERPT   DISCREPANCY   EULOGY   DETERRENT   Half-n-half Clue   3. hard work   DILIGENCE   EXASPERATION   ELEGY   DUPE   Half-n-half Clue   4. departure from main subject   DISPARITY   EXCERPT   DUPLICITY   DIGRESSION   Half-n-half Clue   5. person easily tricked   ELEGY   EVANESCENCE   ELOQUENCE   DUPE   Half-n-half Clue   6. expression of praise   EMPATHY   DUPLICITY   EULOGY   EXCERPT   Half-n-half Clue   7. mild substitute for blunt expression   DUPLICITY   EUPHEMISM   EXASPERATION   DETERRENT   Half-n-half Clue