1. Although there was hardly any scope to find fault with the minister's cautiously worded response, several members of the opposition took _______ it.   pleasure in   exception to   liking for   liberties with   advice from   Hint Hint       2. 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.   trust in..enhancing   depletion of..renewing   recourse to..restricting   expenditure on..budgeting   yield from..conforming   Hint       3. The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.   antediluvian   capricious   impecunious   cacophonous   abstemious   Hint       4. He believes in getting value for money, and it would be inappropriate to interpret his _______ as _______.   indolence..indigence   insolence..intransigence   frugality..penury   lassitude..levity   diffidence..paucity   Hint       5. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   inevitability..mercurial   levity..lethal   portent..poignant   probity..portentous   ferocity..unprecedented   Hint       6. The air-conditioning unit was operated so as to strike some balance between the danger of _______ electricity bills and the desire of employees to be comfortable during the summer months.   prudent   exigent   inchoate   optimum   inordinate   Hint       7. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   elegiac   derivative   desultory   ironic   satiric   Hint