1. TRUNCATE   cancel   weaken gradually   shorten by cutting off   withdraw   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. REPUDIATE   assume power by force   abandon   cancel   disown   Half-n-half Clue   3. RESCIND   cancel   astound   weaken gradually   abandon   Half-n-half Clue   4. SPURN   spend wastefully   assume power by force   weaken gradually   reject contemptuously   Half-n-half Clue   5. REPROVE   drive away   keep alive   condemn   weaken gradually   Half-n-half Clue   6. VENERATE   examine   assume power by force   respect   condemn   Half-n-half Clue   7. STUPEFY   wet thoroughly   astound   prosper   cancel   Half-n-half Clue