1. animal preying on others   PROXIMITY   PREDATOR   PACIFIST   ORATOR   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. scarcity   PAUCITY   RECONCILIATION   PREDATOR   PREDECESSOR   Half-n-half Clue   3. one who views positively   ORATOR   PARODY   PIETY   OPTIMIST   Half-n-half Clue   4. success   RANCOR   PREDECESSOR   PROSPERITY   PREDATOR   Half-n-half Clue   5. rapid multiplication   PACIFIST   OPTIMIST   PROSPERITY   PROLIFERATION   Half-n-half Clue   6. poverty   PHILANTHROPIST   PROLIFERATION   PENURY   PIETY   Half-n-half Clue   7. preference   PREDECESSOR   RECLUSE   OSTENTATION   PREDILECTION   Half-n-half Clue