1. puzzle   DETERRENT   ENIGMA   ENERVATION   DISSONANCE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. hatred   ENMITY   DUPLICITY   EUPHEMISM   DISCREPANCY   Half-n-half Clue   3. expressiveness   ELEGY   ELOQUENCE   DOCTRINE   DURATION   Half-n-half Clue   4. hard work   DILIGENCE   DETERRENT   EVANESCENCE   ELEGY   Half-n-half Clue   5. decrease   ELOQUENCE   ENIGMA   DIGRESSION   DIMINUTION   Half-n-half Clue   6. difference   DIMINUTION   FERVOR   DISCREPANCY   EUPHEMISM   Half-n-half Clue   7. addition of details   DILIGENCE   EXCERPT   DURATION   ELABORATION   Half-n-half Clue