1. 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.   incentive   deterrent   appellation   apparition   abeyance   Hint Hint       2. Although the closed system did not encourage individuals to _______ out on their own, nonetheless it irrationally _______ the lack of the spirit of entrepreneurship in the people.   explore..eulogized   gouge..condoned   risk..stimulated   hazard..mollified   venture..decried   Hint       3. The members of the parliamentary committee had such strongly _______ views that even after several meetings they could not reach a _______.   eclectic..consonance   radical..conundrum   convoluted..resolution   conciliatory..concord   divergent..consensus   Hint       4. She is certain to alienate her colleagues in a short period of time because of her overall _______ attitude.   amicable   munificent   truculent   gregarious   amiable   Hint       5. The probability that an equipment will _______ flawlessly is decreased if a critical function is performed by a single component; therefore, engineers build a certain amount of _______ in their designs to guarantee against failures.   integrate..feasibility   saturate..abnormality   deteriorate..viability   synthesize..optimality   operate..redundancy   Hint       6. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   temerity..coward   torpor..zealot   munificence..curmudgeon   disloyalty..renegade   credulity..skeptic   Hint       7. The biologist described how vultures _______ portions of carcasses and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance as _______.   depend on..parasites   devour..scavengers   seize..predators   gobble..xenophobes   hunt..carnivores   Hint