1. VACILLATE   waver   assume power by force   spend wastefully   condemn   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. RENOUNCE   abandon   prosper   withdraw   moderate   Half-n-half Clue   3. SUBSTANTIATE   approve   reduce in intensity   support   prosper   Half-n-half Clue   4. STUPEFY   astound   shorten by cutting off   weaken gradually   prosper   Half-n-half Clue   5. SPURN   abandon   withdraw   keep alive   reject contemptuously   Half-n-half Clue   6. REPEL   moderate   keep alive   condemn   drive away   Half-n-half Clue   7. SANCTION   condemn   drive away   approve   subdue   Half-n-half Clue