1. DEFERENCE   courteous respect   mercy   general agreement   comradeship   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. DEGRADATION   evasively verbose expression   unpredictability   humiliation   standard for judging   Half-n-half Clue   3. CAMARADERIE   frankness   person falsely claiming expertise   comradeship   standard for judging   Half-n-half Clue   4. CRITERION   standard for judging   follower of rules   mercy   propriety   Half-n-half Clue   5. DEMAGOGUE   false leader   frankness   self-satisfaction   evasively verbose expression   Half-n-half Clue   6. COMPASSION   unpredictability   readiness to obey   guess   mercy   Half-n-half Clue   7. DEPRAVITY   gullibility   overused phrase   wickedness   guess   Half-n-half Clue