1. The students appreciated the professor's _______ style of preparing notes for the lectures because the effort in collecting vital information from various sources truly enhanced their learning.   esoteric   pedantic   eclectic   dogmatic   pedestrian   Hint Hint       2. Nature has an apparently _______ source of plants that can be fruitfully exploited for the herbal cure of many diseases.   inexhaustible   iniquitous   insuperable   insatiable   indefatigable   Hint       3. The management and the labor union reached an unexpected agreement in the best interests of the company after managing to _______ the conflicts they had.   bolster   confound   delineate   deride   reconcile   Hint       4. Although there was hardly any scope to find fault with the minister's cautiously worded response, several members of the opposition took _______ it.   exception to   liberties with   advice from   pleasure in   liking for   Hint       5. 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   optimum   exigent   inordinate   inchoate   Hint       6. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   ironic   elegiac   desultory   satiric   derivative   Hint       7. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   meager..penury   mendacious..luxury   mundane..malady   magnanimous..austerity   munificent..conundrum   Hint