1. In terms of agility and power, several of his spectacularly brilliant performances at the Olympics have _______ the _______.   enraptured..scapegoats   emancipated..despots   emaciated..audience   ensconced..pacifists   enthralled..connoisseurs   Hint Hint       2. Mason was confident that his client would be _______ as she was innocent.   surpassed   substantiated   vindicated   stultified   convicted   Hint       3. If we wish to guard the reputation of our club, we must admit only persons with culture and sophistication rather than _______.   pedants   philistines   podiatrists   philanthropists   pediatricians   Hint       4. The new government has vowed to _______ all traces of poverty in the underdeveloped country.   extricate   eradicate   exculpate   exacerbate   exonerate   Hint       5. The political _______ attacked each other in such _______ terms that they came to blows just before the election.   adversaries..acrimonious   mentors..malicious   braggarts..acerbic   bureaucrats..profound   artisans..acidulous   Hint       6. As she watched the hang glider soaring in the sky _______ gravity, she admired his dexterity and _______ nature.   intimidating..hypocritical   depleting..transient   inverting..pragmatic   augmenting..dubious   defying..intrepid   Hint       7. Nitric acid is a colorless _______ liquid with a sharp choking odor, and therefore requires to be _______ stored in tightly-stoppered glass bottles to prevent the fumes from escaping.   viscous..occasionally   viscid..unwittingly   acerbic..instantly   homogeneous..particularly   volatile..prudently   Hint