1. Many business schools are avoiding an _______ narrow management curriculum because a good manager in today's competitive economic conditions must be well-versed in diverse aspects such as finance, marketing, operations and technology.   endemic   ambiguous   overly   inadvertently   unwittingly   Hint Hint       2. Having definite information about drugs being smuggled in, the customs officials decided to switch from a _______ examination of the passenger baggage to a rigorous inspection.   meticulous   cursory   specious   inchoate   mellifluous   Hint       3. Although David was severely critical of his wife, he did not dare treat her with _______.   insularity   sarcasm   mendacity   superciliousness   contempt   Hint       4. The imposition of heavy taxes on industries that emit toxic substances into the environment could prove to be an effective _______ to maintaining a clean, green earth.   appellation   abeyance   incentive   apparition   deterrent   Hint       5. Although she did not take any formal biology classes in school, her discovery _______ the notion that she was unfamiliar with the way living organisms behaved.   underscored   documented   disseminated   undermined   substantiated   Hint       6. It is not mere fiction that a dolphin can carry on two conversations simultaneously, one by whistling and the other by making clicking sounds; in fact, the phenomenon is not even _______.   pragmatic   true   substantiated   uncommon   explicable   Hint       7. Compared to real estate, nearly all else appears relatively inexpensive, _______ nearly nothing appears not affordable.   provided   so   although   nevertheless   since   Hint