1. 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.   inchoate   optimum   prudent   inordinate   exigent   Hint Hint       2. The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.   impecunious   cacophonous   abstemious   capricious   antediluvian   Hint       3. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   elegiac   ironic   derivative   satiric   desultory   Hint       4. The success of the project was _______ team effort rather than any individual _______.   dependent on..perfidy   attributed to..accomplishment   subordinate to..idiosyncrasy   commensurate to..compendium   feted at..felicity   Hint       5. Legislation has been introduced in some states that requires plastic bags be made of biodegradable material which gradually _______ over a period of time when exposed to sunlight.   subsides   proliferates   decomposes   ossifies   secretes   Hint       6. The management and the labor union reached an unexpected agreement in the best interests of the company after managing to _______ the conflicts they had.   deride   delineate   reconcile   bolster   confound   Hint       7. After having _______ arguments virtually every other day, the couple agreed that it was best for them to separate.   acerbic   saturnine   assiduous   astringent   effulgent   Hint