1. The political _______ attacked each other in such _______ terms that they came to blows just before the election.   braggarts..acerbic   mentors..malicious   adversaries..acrimonious   bureaucrats..profound   artisans..acidulous   Hint Hint       2. The surgeon indicated that he required the results of the biopsy to determine whether the tumor was _______ or benign.   malleable   maladroit   malicious   malodorous   malignant   Hint       3. 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.   volatile..prudently   homogeneous..particularly   viscous..occasionally   viscid..unwittingly   acerbic..instantly   Hint       4. She has the _______ distinction of being the only player to have lost all the matches in the tournament.   dubious   prodigal   ironic   jocular   esoteric   Hint       5. If we wish to guard the reputation of our club, we must admit only persons with culture and sophistication rather than _______.   podiatrists   philistines   pediatricians   pedants   philanthropists   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   indifferent to   dominated by   obsessed by   accused of   Hint       7. Although the Professor was _______, his reputation was permanently damaged by the accusations of _______.   indicted..munificence   extirpated..diminution   deployed..euphemism   mollified..proximity   exonerated..plagiarism   Hint