1. It was _______ on the part of the senate that obstructed the adoption of a revolutionary teaching methodology in the executive MBA program.   magnanimity   anachronism   effrontery   conservatism   propriety   Hint Hint       2. 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.   carnivorous   caustic   frantic   placid   agrarian   Hint       3. 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   uncommon   substantiated   explicable   Hint       4. 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   endemic   inadvertently   unwittingly   overly   Hint       5. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   ambivalent   labyrinthine   opprobrious   platitudinous   pragmatic   Hint       6. The biologist described how vultures _______ portions of carcasses and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance as _______.   devour..scavengers   depend on..parasites   hunt..carnivores   gobble..xenophobes   seize..predators   Hint       7. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   temerity..coward   munificence..curmudgeon   disloyalty..renegade   torpor..zealot   credulity..skeptic   Hint