1. CONFLUENCE   mercy   guess   unpredictability   meeting   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. CRITERION   general agreement   humiliation   self-satisfaction   standard for judging   Half-n-half Clue   3. DECORUM   wickedness   readiness to obey   propriety   mercy   Half-n-half Clue   4. DEPRAVITY   propriety   general agreement   wickedness   unpredictability   Half-n-half Clue   5. DEFERENCE   compulsion   firm belief   self-satisfaction   courteous respect   Half-n-half Clue   6. CONVICTION   calmness   firm belief   assembly of people   follower of rules   Half-n-half Clue   7. CLICHE   overused phrase   meeting   courteous respect   readiness to obey   Half-n-half Clue