1. 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.   cursory   mellifluous   inchoate   specious   meticulous   Hint Hint       2. 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       3. 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.   inadvertently   unwittingly   ambiguous   endemic   overly   Hint       4. 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.   flays   incubates   flags   entails   infiltrates   Hint       5. 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.   abeyance   apparition   deterrent   incentive   appellation   Hint       6. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   temerity..coward   munificence..curmudgeon   credulity..skeptic   disloyalty..renegade   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.   frantic   caustic   placid   agrarian   carnivorous   Hint