1. response showing the contrary   REBUTTAL   OPTIMIST   PIETY   RECONCILIATION   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. outcast   PARIAH   PROFUSION   PHENOMENON   PROXIMITY   Half-n-half Clue   3. religious devotion   PIETY   PREDECESSOR   OBLIVION   PREDATOR   Half-n-half Clue   4. bitterness   REBUTTAL   OPTIMIST   RANCOR   PROFUSION   Half-n-half Clue   5. obscurity   PIETY   OBLIVION   PHENOMENON   PENURY   Half-n-half Clue   6. loner   PHILANTHROPIST   RECLUSE   PITFALL   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   7. plenitude   PENURY   PESSIMISM   PROFUSION   PROLIFERATION   Half-n-half Clue