1. assume power by force   VINDICATE   RENOUNCE   STUPEFY   USURP   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. cancel   TRUNCATE   SATURATE   VINDICATE   RESCIND   Half-n-half Clue   3. respect   RENOUNCE   UNDERMINE   SUSTAIN   VENERATE   Half-n-half Clue   4. slander   VILIFY   REPEL   TRUNCATE   SUBSIDE   Half-n-half Clue   5. abandon   REPEL   RENOUNCE   VENERATE   SCRUTINIZE   Half-n-half Clue   6. astound   REPEL   SPURN   STUPEFY   TRUNCATE   Half-n-half Clue   7. spend wastefully   SQUANDER   REPUDIATE   VILIFY   SPURN   Half-n-half Clue