1. compulsion   DEPRAVITY   CAPRICIOUSNESS   COERCION   DEMAGOGUE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. frankness   CONFLUENCE   DEMAGOGUE   CANDOR   CRITERION   Half-n-half Clue   3. mercy   COMPASSION   DECORUM   COMPLIANCE   CONJECTURE   Half-n-half Clue   4. firm belief   CIRCUMLOCUTION   COMPLACENCY   DEFERENCE   CONVICTION   Half-n-half Clue   5. comradeship   CONSENSUS   CAMARADERIE   CONFLAGRATION   DEMAGOGUE   Half-n-half Clue   6. person falsely claiming expertise   CHARLATAN   CRITERION   COERCION   CONFORMIST   Half-n-half Clue   7. readiness to obey   DEFERENCE   CIRCUMLOCUTION   COMPLIANCE   CONVICTION   Half-n-half Clue