1. dethrone   CONCUR   DEPOSE   DELINEATE   CONFOUND   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. support   DEPLORE   DAUNT   DISCOUNT   CORROBORATE   Half-n-half Clue   3. invent   DEVISE   CONTEND   DENOUNCE   CONDESCEND   Half-n-half Clue   4. shrink   DAUNT   CONTRACT   DEBILITATE   CORRODE   Half-n-half Clue   5. compete   DEBILITATE   DEHYDRATE   DISDAIN   CONTEND   Half-n-half Clue   6. scorn   CONTRACT   CONFOUND   DISDAIN   CORROBORATE   Half-n-half Clue   7. disapprove   CORRODE   DEPRECATE   DERIDE   CONVERGE   Half-n-half Clue