1. loner   RECLUSE   PESSIMISM   PHENOMENON   PENURY   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. agreement   RECONCILIATION   PROFUSION   PREDATOR   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   3. one opposed to war   PROLIFERATION   PACIFIST   RECLUSE   PESSIMISM   Half-n-half Clue   4. response showing the contrary   QUANDARY   REBUTTAL   PENURY   PACIFIST   Half-n-half Clue   5. rapid multiplication   PROLIFERATION   PROXIMITY   ORATOR   PARIAH   Half-n-half Clue   6. speaker   PARIAH   PESSIMISM   ORATOR   PROXIMITY   Half-n-half Clue   7. scarcity   PARIAH   PREDILECTION   PAUCITY   PREDECESSOR   Half-n-half Clue