1. CRUX   focus   implement   belief   increase   trivial point   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. ALLURE   attract   glitter   ignore   repel   trap   Half-n-half Clue   3. EXONERATE   replay   record   invent   accuse   reimburse   Half-n-half Clue   4. CELERITY   assurance   infamous   acerbity   famous   delay   Half-n-half Clue   5. DESECRATE   destroy   concatenate   consecrate   desist   intensify   Half-n-half Clue   6. ENUNCIATE   deliver   discombobulate   engender   mumble   commute   Half-n-half Clue   7. CATEGORICAL   negative   ironic   denial   refutation   qualified   Half-n-half Clue