1. If your _______ sense is very acute, you may be blindfolded and still be able to recognize materials merely by sniffing.   olfactory   iridescent   evanescent   clairvoyant   ophthalmic   Hint Hint       2. It is better to be _______ while writing essays lest you lose your readers with _______.   succinct..verbiage   pithy..penury   verbose..rancor   voluble..adulation   terse..tenacity   Hint       3. Although the Professor was _______, his reputation was permanently damaged by the accusations of _______.   deployed..euphemism   mollified..proximity   indicted..munificence   exonerated..plagiarism   extirpated..diminution   Hint       4. The pigment was introduced with the polymer pellets in the hopper and mixed in the heated barrel of the extruder to obtain _______ melt.   a homogeneous   an ingenuous   an inert   an indigenous   a heterogeneous   Hint       5. The entrepreneurs were disappointed and _______ because they found the new governmental regulations too _______.   irate..stringent   ecstatic..dogmatic   elated..lenient   virulent..strident   ebullient..dubious   Hint       6. My belief that she is a talented researcher has been _______ by the numerous awards she has won over the last year.   truncated   vindicated   usurped   impeded   scrutinized   Hint       7. The surgeon indicated that he required the results of the biopsy to determine whether the tumor was _______ or benign.   malicious   maladroit   malleable   malignant   malodorous   Hint