1. COERCION   follower of rules   overused phrase   compulsion   calmness   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. DEFERENCE   courteous respect   evasively verbose expression   meeting   self-satisfaction   Half-n-half Clue   3. CAPRICIOUSNESS   wickedness   mercy   gullibility   unpredictability   Half-n-half Clue   4. CONFLAGRATION   propriety   gullibility   meeting   great fire   Half-n-half Clue   5. COMPLACENCY   comradeship   self-satisfaction   calmness   person falsely claiming expertise   Half-n-half Clue   6. DEMAGOGUE   false leader   calmness   readiness to obey   person falsely claiming expertise   Half-n-half Clue   7. CONSENSUS   evasively verbose expression   meeting   humiliation   general agreement   Half-n-half Clue