1. PESSIMISM   doer of good   tendency to view life negatively   nearness   loner   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. PREDECESSOR   religious devotion   occurrence or fact   agreement   former occupant of position   Half-n-half Clue   3. PROSPERITY   animal preying on others   success   dilemma   obscurity   Half-n-half Clue   4. ORATOR   speaker   nearness   tendency to view life negatively   stinginess   Half-n-half Clue   5. OBLIVION   bitterness   obscurity   speaker   plenitude   Half-n-half Clue   6. PROFUSION   one opposed to war   outcast   preference   plenitude   Half-n-half Clue   7. PIETY   religious devotion   animal preying on others   plenitude   outcast   Half-n-half Clue