Marty could not help but view the glass as half-empty: for example, when the economy turned around and jobs began to (i) , Marty insisted to all who would listen that the good news would be quite transient, that another recession was (ii) , and that those who doubted him would later appreciate his unwillingness to celebrate.
Blank (i)
proliferate
aggrandize
pique
Blank (ii)
superfluous
imminent
odious