1. occurrence or fact   OBLIVION   PACIFIST   PHENOMENON   RECONCILIATION   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. speaker   ORATOR   PREDATOR   PARIAH   PROXIMITY   Half-n-half Clue   3. animal preying on others   PESSIMISM   REBUTTAL   PROFUSION   PREDATOR   Half-n-half Clue   4. bitterness   PREDILECTION   RANCOR   PESSIMISM   PIETY   Half-n-half Clue   5. success   PROFUSION   OSTENTATION   RANCOR   PROSPERITY   Half-n-half Clue   6. travesty   PREDILECTION   PITFALL   PARODY   PIETY   Half-n-half Clue   7. nearness   PIETY   PROXIMITY   PITFALL   PREDILECTION   Half-n-half Clue