1. one who views positively   PREDILECTION   PACIFIST   PARIAH   OPTIMIST   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. unsuspected danger   PREDILECTION   PREDATOR   PARIAH   PITFALL   Half-n-half Clue   3. speaker   PACIFIST   PIETY   ORATOR   QUANDARY   Half-n-half Clue   4. dilemma   RECONCILIATION   PARSIMONY   QUANDARY   RANCOR   Half-n-half Clue   5. poverty   OPTIMIST   REBUTTAL   PENURY   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   6. occurrence or fact   PHILANTHROPIST   PESSIMISM   RECONCILIATION   PHENOMENON   Half-n-half Clue   7. outcast   PIETY   RANCOR   PARIAH   OSTENTATION   Half-n-half Clue