1. 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.   hazard..mollified   gouge..condoned   risk..stimulated   venture..decried   explore..eulogized   Hint Hint       2. It is not mere fiction that a dolphin can carry on two conversations simultaneously, one by whistling and the other by making clicking sounds; in fact, the phenomenon is not even _______.   pragmatic   true   explicable   substantiated   uncommon   Hint       3. 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.   documented   underscored   undermined   substantiated   disseminated   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   deterrent   incentive   abeyance   appellation   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   caustic   agrarian   frantic   carnivorous   Hint       6. The religious head had no option but to ostracize the _______ immediately after he married a woman of another sect and decided to embrace her faith.   malingerer   recluse   proselyte   paragon   pedant   Hint       7. The biologist described how vultures _______ portions of carcasses and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance as _______.   hunt..carnivores   devour..scavengers   seize..predators   gobble..xenophobes   depend on..parasites   Hint