1. PESSIMISM   plenitude   success   obscurity   tendency to view life negatively   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. PIETY   outcast   tendency to view life negatively   religious devotion   occurrence or fact   Half-n-half Clue   3. PREDECESSOR   former occupant of position   scarcity   loner   unsuspected danger   Half-n-half Clue   4. PREDILECTION   poverty   preference   nearness   scarcity   Half-n-half Clue   5. PROSPERITY   one who views positively   success   animal preying on others   agreement   Half-n-half Clue   6. PHENOMENON   religious devotion   outcast   occurrence or fact   unsuspected danger   Half-n-half Clue   7. PENURY   plenitude   animal preying on others   rapid multiplication   poverty   Half-n-half Clue