1. SQUANDER   spend wastefully   astound   outdo   assume power by force   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. TRUNCATE   prosper   astound   shorten by cutting off   reject contemptuously   Half-n-half Clue   3. VILIFY   slander   prosper   weaken gradually   cancel   Half-n-half Clue   4. STUPEFY   respect   astound   condemn   waver   Half-n-half Clue   5. REPROVE   reject contemptuously   waver   approve   condemn   Half-n-half Clue   6. REPEL   subdue   drive away   approve   examine   Half-n-half Clue   7. SUBSIDE   reduce in intensity   examine   slander   astound   Half-n-half Clue