1. preference   PENURY   PREDILECTION   PIETY   REBUTTAL   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. stinginess   PROSPERITY   PIETY   PARSIMONY   PHENOMENON   Half-n-half Clue   3. loner   PARODY   PHENOMENON   PIETY   RECLUSE   Half-n-half Clue   4. travesty   PROXIMITY   PREDILECTION   PARODY   PREDECESSOR   Half-n-half Clue   5. occurrence or fact   PARSIMONY   PREDECESSOR   PROFUSION   PHENOMENON   Half-n-half Clue   6. scarcity   PAUCITY   PACIFIST   QUANDARY   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   7. showy display   ORATOR   OSTENTATION   OBLIVION   RANCOR   Half-n-half Clue