1. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   temerity..coward   disloyalty..renegade   credulity..skeptic   munificence..curmudgeon   torpor..zealot   Hint Hint       2. She is certain to alienate her colleagues in a short period of time because of her overall _______ attitude.   amiable   munificent   gregarious   amicable   truculent   Hint       3. Although David was severely critical of his wife, he did not dare treat her with _______.   mendacity   sarcasm   insularity   superciliousness   contempt   Hint       4. The imposition of heavy taxes on industries that emit toxic substances into the environment could prove to be an effective _______ to maintaining a clean, green earth.   apparition   abeyance   incentive   appellation   deterrent   Hint       5. Scientific experiments demonstrate that the ready availability of food and the lack of stimulation over a prolonged period of time can lead to even predators transforming into _______ creatures.   placid   agrarian   carnivorous   caustic   frantic   Hint       6. Although she did not take any formal biology classes in school, her discovery _______ the notion that she was unfamiliar with the way living organisms behaved.   disseminated   undermined   underscored   substantiated   documented   Hint       7. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   opprobrious   ambivalent   pragmatic   platitudinous   labyrinthine   Hint