1. intense feeling   DISCREPANCY   DISPARITY   DOCTRINE   FERVOR   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. principle or beliefs   ELEGY   DOCTRINE   DISINCLINATION   DISCREPANCY   Half-n-half Clue   3. person easily tricked   DISSONANCE   DUPE   ELABORATION   ENERVATION   Half-n-half Clue   4. excessive enthusiasm   DUPLICITY   DUPE   DISCREPANCY   FANATICISM   Half-n-half Clue   5. guile   ELEGY   DUPLICITY   EMPATHY   ENERVATION   Half-n-half Clue   6. departure from main subject   DISPARITY   FANATICISM   DIGRESSION   DILIGENCE   Half-n-half Clue   7. weakening   DISCREPANCY   EXCERPT   EUPHEMISM   ENERVATION   Half-n-half Clue