1. The educational system had _______ over a period of time when the authorities got preoccupied with petty politics and did not bother to update the curriculum.   underscored   ossified   burnished   adulterated   relegated   Hint Hint       2. Although several critics denounced his _______ techniques, there was unanimous praise for his _______ performances over the last season.   innovative..mediocre   laudable..internecine   unorthodox..unexceptionable   anomalous..apocryphal   precarious..unexceptional   Hint       3. Scientific investigations of fluid flow behavior around objects like high-speed aircrafts are complex; however, the systems are _______ when experiments are performed in scaled-down versions such as wind tunnels.   tractable   implacable   malleable   turbulent   permeable   Hint       4. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   meager..penury   mundane..malady   munificent..conundrum   mendacious..luxury   magnanimous..austerity   Hint       5. She was _______ liar who had mastered the art of making untrue statements in a manner they sounded _______.   a congenital..creditable   a blatant..incongruous   a mundane..credulous   a convincing..illogical   an incorrigible..plausible   Hint       6. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   desultory   ironic   satiric   derivative   elegiac   Hint       7. Any increase in coal-fired furnaces beyond a particular level necessitates greater _______ the fossil fuels; thus, the capability of an economy to effectively manage energy resources depends partially on _______ the number of industrial fired heaters.   expenditure on..budgeting   recourse to..restricting   yield from..conforming   depletion of..renewing   trust in..enhancing   Hint