1. PREDATOR   animal preying on others   religious devotion   bitterness   obscurity   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. PHENOMENON   loner   bitterness   occurrence or fact   obscurity   Half-n-half Clue   3. ORATOR   preference   outcast   agreement   speaker   Half-n-half Clue   4. PARODY   travesty   poverty   outcast   obscurity   Half-n-half Clue   5. PIETY   tendency to view life negatively   plenitude   doer of good   religious devotion   Half-n-half Clue   6. PACIFIST   dilemma   one opposed to war   scarcity   showy display   Half-n-half Clue   7. PREDECESSOR   preference   travesty   unsuspected danger   former occupant of position   Half-n-half Clue