1. COMPLACENCY   mercy   firm belief   self-satisfaction   evasively verbose expression   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. DEGRADATION   gullibility   humiliation   courteous respect   meeting   Half-n-half Clue   3. CONJECTURE   readiness to obey   frankness   guess   compulsion   Half-n-half Clue   4. CRITERION   standard for judging   compulsion   comradeship   unpredictability   Half-n-half Clue   5. DEFERENCE   unpredictability   person falsely claiming expertise   courteous respect   overused phrase   Half-n-half Clue   6. CANDOR   mercy   readiness to obey   person falsely claiming expertise   frankness   Half-n-half Clue   7. DEMAGOGUE   gullibility   unpredictability   false leader   firm belief   Half-n-half Clue