1. reject contemptuously   VACILLATE   RETRACT   SUBSIDE   SPURN   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. withdraw   SUBSIDE   SANCTION   RENOUNCE   RETRACT   Half-n-half Clue   3. examine   SCRUTINIZE   VENERATE   RESCIND   SUBSTANTIATE   Half-n-half Clue   4. wet thoroughly   REPROVE   SATURATE   SCRUTINIZE   TEMPER   Half-n-half Clue   5. abandon   USURP   RETRACT   THRIVE   RENOUNCE   Half-n-half Clue   6. outdo   SURPASS   VINDICATE   REPROVE   SUSTAIN   Half-n-half Clue   7. keep alive   SUPPRESS   SUSTAIN   VACILLATE   VINDICATE   Half-n-half Clue