1. Many business schools are avoiding an _______ narrow management curriculum because a good manager in today's competitive economic conditions must be well-versed in diverse aspects such as finance, marketing, operations and technology.   ambiguous   overly   inadvertently   unwittingly   endemic   Hint Hint       2. The media reports on cross-border terrorism _______ all assertions made by the government that peace had been restored.   bolstered   substantiated   buttressed   belied   stipulated   Hint       3. 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.   flags   infiltrates   flays   incubates   entails   Hint       4. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   ambivalent   labyrinthine   platitudinous   pragmatic   opprobrious   Hint       5. She is certain to alienate her colleagues in a short period of time because of her overall _______ attitude.   amiable   amicable   gregarious   munificent   truculent   Hint       6. The biologist described how vultures _______ portions of carcasses and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance as _______.   hunt..carnivores   depend on..parasites   seize..predators   gobble..xenophobes   devour..scavengers   Hint       7. 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.   gouge..condoned   explore..eulogized   venture..decried   hazard..mollified   risk..stimulated   Hint