1. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the _______ of the tornado last year was _______.   inevitability..mercurial   probity..portentous   levity..lethal   ferocity..unprecedented   portent..poignant   Hint Hint       2. The _______ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in _______.   meager..penury   magnanimous..austerity   mendacious..luxury   munificent..conundrum   mundane..malady   Hint       3. Any increase in coal-fired furnaces beyond a particular level necessitates greater _______ the fossil fuels; thus, the capability of an economy to effectively manage energy resources depends partially on _______ the number of industrial fired heaters.   yield from..conforming   trust in..enhancing   expenditure on..budgeting   recourse to..restricting   depletion of..renewing   Hint       4. He believes in getting value for money, and it would be inappropriate to interpret his _______ as _______.   frugality..penury   lassitude..levity   insolence..intransigence   diffidence..paucity   indolence..indigence   Hint       5. It is economically beneficial to increase the capacity of an industrial plant when the revenue can be increased without a _______ increase in the cost of production.   compliant   warranted   controlled   precarious   commensurate   Hint       6. The senior professor was _______ thinker who believed in doing even tedious calculations by hand rather than using a computer.   an eclectic   a cogent   an ingenuous   an insensible   a doctrinaire   Hint       7. Nature has an apparently _______ source of plants that can be fruitfully exploited for the herbal cure of many diseases.   indefatigable   inexhaustible   insatiable   insuperable   iniquitous   Hint