1. wet thoroughly   SUBSTANTIATE   SATURATE   SANCTION   TEMPER   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. exonerate   SUBSIDE   VILIFY   VINDICATE   SCRUTINIZE   Half-n-half Clue   3. prosper   THRIVE   REPEL   SCRUTINIZE   VENERATE   Half-n-half Clue   4. reject contemptuously   RETRACT   SPURN   SUBSTANTIATE   SUPPRESS   Half-n-half Clue   5. spend wastefully   VENERATE   VACILLATE   VINDICATE   SQUANDER   Half-n-half Clue   6. shorten by cutting off   SCRUTINIZE   RESCIND   REPROVE   TRUNCATE   Half-n-half Clue   7. weaken gradually   SUBSIDE   UNDERMINE   SUPPRESS   SATURATE   Half-n-half Clue