1. As she watched the hang glider soaring in the sky _______ gravity, she admired his dexterity and _______ nature.   intimidating..hypocritical   augmenting..dubious   depleting..transient   inverting..pragmatic   defying..intrepid   Hint Hint       2. The political _______ attacked each other in such _______ terms that they came to blows just before the election.   braggarts..acerbic   artisans..acidulous   bureaucrats..profound   adversaries..acrimonious   mentors..malicious   Hint       3. Being an _______, she enjoyed studying philosophy all by herself rather than going for a party with her friends.   introvert   altruist   anarchist   opportunist   optimist   Hint       4. Mason was confident that his client would be _______ as she was innocent.   surpassed   stultified   substantiated   vindicated   convicted   Hint       5. Although he was very strict with the students in the classroom, his envious colleagues were under the impression that the students _______ him because of his _______.   deplored..ingenuity   derided..indolence   revered..leniency   extolled..insolence   adored..ingenuousness   Hint       6. She was _______ success having worked for the sheer joy of the upliftment of the downtrodden rather than any recognition or profit.   destined for   obsessed by   indifferent to   accused of   dominated by   Hint       7. In terms of agility and power, several of his spectacularly brilliant performances at the Olympics have _______ the _______.   emaciated..audience   enraptured..scapegoats   ensconced..pacifists   enthralled..connoisseurs   emancipated..despots   Hint