1. 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   bolster   delineate   confound   deride   Hint Hint       2. She was _______ liar who had mastered the art of making untrue statements in a manner they sounded _______.   a congenital..creditable   a mundane..credulous   an incorrigible..plausible   a convincing..illogical   a blatant..incongruous   Hint       3. The success of the project was _______ team effort rather than any individual _______.   dependent on..perfidy   commensurate to..compendium   feted at..felicity   attributed to..accomplishment   subordinate to..idiosyncrasy   Hint       4. 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   warranted   commensurate   compliant   precarious   Hint       5. Although several critics denounced his _______ techniques, there was unanimous praise for his _______ performances over the last season.   laudable..internecine   precarious..unexceptional   unorthodox..unexceptionable   anomalous..apocryphal   innovative..mediocre   Hint       6. After having _______ arguments virtually every other day, the couple agreed that it was best for them to separate.   assiduous   acerbic   saturnine   astringent   effulgent   Hint       7. 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