1. fluctuate   waver or vary in an unstable way.   move faster or speed up.   grow bud or shoot.   eaten into or affected by chemical action.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. accelerate   move faster or speed up.   sear with caustic or hot iron to prevent infection.   pour off leaving sediment behind.   go off in different directions.   Half-n-half Clue   3. agglomerate   slow down.   collect into a mass.   surround or enclose.   increase toughness by gradual heat reduction.   Half-n-half Clue   4. hibernate   cause to shoot or sprout.   remove water from something.   spend winter sleeping.   build or invent.   Half-n-half Clue   5. decipher   slow down.   stir up by shock or vitalize suddenly.   eat away or wear out.   decode an encrypted message or make out.   Half-n-half Clue   6. diverge   collect together or unite.   refine or purify.   go off in different directions.   waver or vary in an unstable way.   Half-n-half Clue   7. caulk   encode a message.   thicken or change from fluid to solid state.   place in surrounding mass.   seal seams to make watertight.   Half-n-half Clue