1. She is certain to alienate her colleagues in a short period of time because of her overall _______ attitude.   munificent   amicable   truculent   amiable   gregarious   Hint Hint       2. People have limited patience when browsing the internet; as a result, the individual's interest _______ if the web page does not appear on the screen within a few seconds.   incubates   infiltrates   flays   entails   flags   Hint       3. The media reports on cross-border terrorism _______ all assertions made by the government that peace had been restored.   substantiated   buttressed   belied   stipulated   bolstered   Hint       4. Having definite information about drugs being smuggled in, the customs officials decided to switch from a _______ examination of the passenger baggage to a rigorous inspection.   inchoate   cursory   specious   meticulous   mellifluous   Hint       5. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   opprobrious   ambivalent   labyrinthine   pragmatic   platitudinous   Hint       6. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   credulity..skeptic   disloyalty..renegade   temerity..coward   munificence..curmudgeon   torpor..zealot   Hint       7. 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   frantic   caustic   carnivorous   Hint