1. The biologist described how vultures _______ portions of carcasses and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological balance as _______.   devour..scavengers   depend on..parasites   gobble..xenophobes   seize..predators   hunt..carnivores   Hint Hint       2. The imposition of heavy taxes on industries that emit toxic substances into the environment could prove to be an effective _______ to maintaining a clean, green earth.   deterrent   apparition   incentive   appellation   abeyance   Hint       3. The members of the parliamentary committee had such strongly _______ views that even after several meetings they could not reach a _______.   radical..conundrum   divergent..consensus   eclectic..consonance   convoluted..resolution   conciliatory..concord   Hint       4. Scientific experiments demonstrate that the ready availability of food and the lack of stimulation over a prolonged period of time can lead to even predators transforming into _______ creatures.   placid   caustic   agrarian   frantic   carnivorous   Hint       5. Many business schools are avoiding an _______ narrow management curriculum because a good manager in today's competitive economic conditions must be well-versed in diverse aspects such as finance, marketing, operations and technology.   ambiguous   unwittingly   inadvertently   endemic   overly   Hint       6. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   labyrinthine   pragmatic   platitudinous   ambivalent   opprobrious   Hint       7. Although the closed system did not encourage individuals to _______ out on their own, nonetheless it irrationally _______ the lack of the spirit of entrepreneurship in the people.   venture..decried   risk..stimulated   hazard..mollified   explore..eulogized   gouge..condoned   Hint