1. animal preying on others   PROFUSION   PREDATOR   PREDECESSOR   PACIFIST   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. nearness   RECONCILIATION   OBLIVION   PROXIMITY   PESSIMISM   Half-n-half Clue   3. stinginess   RECLUSE   PESSIMISM   PHILANTHROPIST   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   4. dilemma   REBUTTAL   PREDATOR   QUANDARY   PARIAH   Half-n-half Clue   5. tendency to view life negatively   PREDATOR   PESSIMISM   PROFUSION   RECONCILIATION   Half-n-half Clue   6. occurrence or fact   RANCOR   PREDILECTION   PARODY   PHENOMENON   Half-n-half Clue   7. travesty   PARODY   RANCOR   PROXIMITY   PROSPERITY   Half-n-half Clue