1. The spider having eight legs is an _______ because nearly all adult insects have six legs.   ambiguity   anomaly   amphibian   ambivalence   anticlimax   Hint Hint       2. The surgeon indicated that he required the results of the biopsy to determine whether the tumor was _______ or benign.   malleable   malicious   malodorous   malignant   maladroit   Hint       3. She has the _______ distinction of being the only player to have lost all the matches in the tournament.   prodigal   ironic   dubious   esoteric   jocular   Hint       4. The entrepreneurs were disappointed and _______ because they found the new governmental regulations too _______.   irate..stringent   elated..lenient   ebullient..dubious   virulent..strident   ecstatic..dogmatic   Hint       5. The computers on the desks is an _______ in that movie because computers did not exist during that period.   ambivalence   innovation   enigma   anachronism   euphemism   Hint       6. 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 _______.   derided..indolence   revered..leniency   extolled..insolence   deplored..ingenuity   adored..ingenuousness   Hint       7. Being an _______, she enjoyed studying philosophy all by herself rather than going for a party with her friends.   introvert   altruist   anarchist   optimist   opportunist   Hint