The (i) $\(\qquad\)$ of youth rubbed on to the reticent faculty team. The festivities at the farewell party, the foot-tapping music played by the band, and the (ii) $\(\qquad\)$ the administrative staff was enough to light up the spirits of even the (iii) $\(\qquad\)$ of them, to let their hair down for once.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
A. intransigence	D. constant egging by	G. sternest
B. cacophony	E. managerial skills of	H. boisterous
C. exuberance	F. din created by	I. pedantic