1. disown   REPUDIATE   VENERATE   SANCTION   SQUANDER   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. keep alive   REPEL   VILIFY   SUPPRESS   SUSTAIN   Half-n-half Clue   3. reject contemptuously   RETRACT   TEMPER   SPURN   STUPEFY   Half-n-half Clue   4. approve   SANCTION   SUPPRESS   RETRACT   SUBSIDE   Half-n-half Clue   5. moderate   VACILLATE   SUBSIDE   TEMPER   TRUNCATE   Half-n-half Clue   6. astound   STUPEFY   THRIVE   RENOUNCE   USURP   Half-n-half Clue   7. respect   SUBSIDE   SUPPRESS   VENERATE   RETRACT   Half-n-half Clue