1. If you _______ from the main theme, you may be in danger of not completing your lecture in time.   subside   linger   disperse   preclude   digress   Hint Hint       2. She has the _______ distinction of being the only player to have lost all the matches in the tournament.   prodigal   esoteric   dubious   jocular   ironic   Hint       3. 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 _______.   revered..leniency   adored..ingenuousness   deplored..ingenuity   extolled..insolence   derided..indolence   Hint       4. Mason was confident that his client would be _______ as she was innocent.   convicted   vindicated   substantiated   stultified   surpassed   Hint       5. Holmes _______ over the case looking for the _______ motive, since there was no evident reason for the murder.   concurred..furtive   pondered..ulterior   acquiesced..altruistic   confounded..intrepid   devised..obscure   Hint       6. The pigment was introduced with the polymer pellets in the hopper and mixed in the heated barrel of the extruder to obtain _______ melt.   an indigenous   an ingenuous   an inert   a homogeneous   a heterogeneous   Hint       7. If your _______ sense is very acute, you may be blindfolded and still be able to recognize materials merely by sniffing.   olfactory   ophthalmic   iridescent   evanescent   clairvoyant   Hint