1. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   desultory   satiric   ironic   derivative   elegiac   Hint Hint       2. After having _______ arguments virtually every other day, the couple agreed that it was best for them to separate.   effulgent   astringent   saturnine   assiduous   acerbic   Hint       3. Nature has an apparently _______ source of plants that can be fruitfully exploited for the herbal cure of many diseases.   insuperable   insatiable   indefatigable   inexhaustible   iniquitous   Hint       4. She was _______ liar who had mastered the art of making untrue statements in a manner they sounded _______.   a mundane..credulous   a blatant..incongruous   a congenital..creditable   a convincing..illogical   an incorrigible..plausible   Hint       5. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   inevitability..mercurial   levity..lethal   probity..portentous   ferocity..unprecedented   portent..poignant   Hint       6. The success of the project was _______ team effort rather than any individual _______.   commensurate to..compendium   dependent on..perfidy   subordinate to..idiosyncrasy   feted at..felicity   attributed to..accomplishment   Hint       7. The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.   cacophonous   abstemious   capricious   impecunious   antediluvian   Hint