1. CRITERION   standard for judging   mercy   propriety   frankness   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. CREDULITY   courteous respect   comradeship   follower of rules   gullibility   Half-n-half Clue   3. CONFLAGRATION   gullibility   unpredictability   great fire   mercy   Half-n-half Clue   4. DEGRADATION   wickedness   calmness   humiliation   mercy   Half-n-half Clue   5. CONFLUENCE   self-satisfaction   general agreement   meeting   gullibility   Half-n-half Clue   6. CIRCUMLOCUTION   wickedness   unpredictability   follower of rules   evasively verbose expression   Half-n-half Clue   7. DECORUM   humiliation   propriety   unpredictability   standard for judging   Half-n-half Clue