1. moderate   REPROVE   TRUNCATE   SCRUTINIZE   TEMPER   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. waver   RETRACT   VACILLATE   SUBSIDE   REPEL   Half-n-half Clue   3. withdraw   UNDERMINE   REPEL   RETRACT   VENERATE   Half-n-half Clue   4. reject contemptuously   RENOUNCE   STUPEFY   VILIFY   SPURN   Half-n-half Clue   5. respect   TRUNCATE   RENOUNCE   VENERATE   SANCTION   Half-n-half Clue   6. weaken gradually   SATURATE   SANCTION   VINDICATE   UNDERMINE   Half-n-half Clue   7. wet thoroughly   SUBSTANTIATE   SUBSIDE   SUSTAIN   SATURATE   Half-n-half Clue