1. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   ferocity..unprecedented   portent..poignant   probity..portentous   inevitability..mercurial   levity..lethal   Hint Hint       2. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   munificent..conundrum   mendacious..luxury   magnanimous..austerity   meager..penury   mundane..malady   Hint       3. The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.   antediluvian   cacophonous   abstemious   capricious   impecunious   Hint       4. 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.   proliferates   subsides   decomposes   secretes   ossifies   Hint       5. Scientific investigations of fluid flow behavior around objects like high-speed aircrafts are complex; however, the systems are _______ when experiments are performed in scaled-down versions such as wind tunnels.   turbulent   implacable   tractable   malleable   permeable   Hint       6. 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.   yield from..conforming   depletion of..renewing   expenditure on..budgeting   recourse to..restricting   trust in..enhancing   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   pleasure in   advice from   exception to   liberties with   Hint