1. At the farewell function, the dignitary's address to the young graduates was _______, offering no new words of wisdom but common knowledge.   labyrinthine   platitudinous   pragmatic   opprobrious   ambivalent   Hint Hint       2. The probability that an equipment will _______ flawlessly is decreased if a critical function is performed by a single component; therefore, engineers build a certain amount of _______ in their designs to guarantee against failures.   integrate..feasibility   saturate..abnormality   operate..redundancy   synthesize..optimality   deteriorate..viability   Hint       3. People have limited patience when browsing the internet; as a result, the individual's interest _______ if the web page does not appear on the screen within a few seconds.   incubates   flays   infiltrates   flags   entails   Hint       4. The media reports on cross-border terrorism _______ all assertions made by the government that peace had been restored.   bolstered   belied   buttressed   substantiated   stipulated   Hint       5. Although David was severely critical of his wife, he did not dare treat her with _______.   sarcasm   contempt   superciliousness   mendacity   insularity   Hint       6. After the sudden death of their leader, the terrorists thought it best to be _______ for a period before resuming their attacks on their adversaries.   belligerent   quiescent   audacious   bellicose   prodigious   Hint       7. She is certain to alienate her colleagues in a short period of time because of her overall _______ attitude.   gregarious   amicable   munificent   truculent   amiable   Hint