1. poverty   PENURY   OBLIVION   PHILANTHROPIST   PROSPERITY   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. bitterness   RANCOR   PARSIMONY   PESSIMISM   OPTIMIST   Half-n-half Clue   3. tendency to view life negatively   PROSPERITY   PESSIMISM   RECLUSE   OPPORTUNIST   Half-n-half Clue   4. religious devotion   PACIFIST   RANCOR   OSTENTATION   PIETY   Half-n-half Clue   5. showy display   PENURY   REBUTTAL   OSTENTATION   PITFALL   Half-n-half Clue   6. former occupant of position   PHILANTHROPIST   PREDECESSOR   PROFUSION   PACIFIST   Half-n-half Clue   7. response showing the contrary   REBUTTAL   PIETY   OPTIMIST   PROXIMITY   Half-n-half Clue