1. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   probity..portentous   portent..poignant   levity..lethal   ferocity..unprecedented   inevitability..mercurial   Hint Hint       2. This _______ verse mourns for the valiant soldiers who lost their lives in the battle.   desultory   elegiac   derivative   satiric   ironic   Hint       3. Nature has an apparently _______ source of plants that can be fruitfully exploited for the herbal cure of many diseases.   insatiable   inexhaustible   iniquitous   indefatigable   insuperable   Hint       4. The senior professor was _______ thinker who believed in doing even tedious calculations by hand rather than using a computer.   an insensible   an ingenuous   a cogent   an eclectic   a doctrinaire   Hint       5. 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   pleasure in   advice from   liberties with   liking for   Hint       6. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   munificent..conundrum   mundane..malady   meager..penury   mendacious..luxury   magnanimous..austerity   Hint       7. The aria was _______ with the tempo changing continuously in a most unpredictable fashion.   abstemious   impecunious   cacophonous   capricious   antediluvian   Hint       FREE PREVIEW: Last 10 Questions not a part of the free preview. Get Premium Membership to view all questions.