1. The students appreciated the professor's _______ style of preparing notes for the lectures because the effort in collecting vital information from various sources truly enhanced their learning.   esoteric   pedantic   pedestrian   eclectic   dogmatic   Hint Hint       2. It is economically beneficial to increase the capacity of an industrial plant when the revenue can be increased without a _______ increase in the cost of production.   controlled   precarious   commensurate   compliant   warranted   Hint       3. The management and the labor union reached an unexpected agreement in the best interests of the company after managing to _______ the conflicts they had.   reconcile   delineate   deride   bolster   confound   Hint       4. Although there was hardly any scope to find fault with the minister's cautiously worded response, several members of the opposition took _______ it.   liking for   liberties with   advice from   pleasure in   exception to   Hint       5. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   inevitability..mercurial   probity..portentous   ferocity..unprecedented   portent..poignant   levity..lethal   Hint       6. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   magnanimous..austerity   munificent..conundrum   mundane..malady   meager..penury   mendacious..luxury   Hint       7. He believes in getting value for money, and it would be inappropriate to interpret his _______ as _______.   indolence..indigence   diffidence..paucity   frugality..penury   insolence..intransigence   lassitude..levity   Hint