1. 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.   appellation   incentive   deterrent   abeyance   apparition   Hint Hint       2. The members of the parliamentary committee had such strongly _______ views that even after several meetings they could not reach a _______.   radical..conundrum   convoluted..resolution   conciliatory..concord   divergent..consensus   eclectic..consonance   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.   entails   infiltrates   incubates   flays   flags   Hint       4. Wisdom is the mark of the sage; similarly, _______ is the mark of the _______.   munificence..curmudgeon   disloyalty..renegade   credulity..skeptic   torpor..zealot   temerity..coward   Hint       5. 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   operate..redundancy   synthesize..optimality   saturate..abnormality   deteriorate..viability   Hint       6. 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.   caustic   frantic   placid   carnivorous   agrarian   Hint       7. 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   paragon   proselyte   recluse   pedant   Hint