All too often scientists are quick to (i)_____ findings that
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08 Feb 2016, 07:07
All too often scientists are quick to (i)_____ findings that ostensibly fail to mesh with their own research nonetheless, such a response is (ii)_____ compared to the (iii)_____, if not downright contemptuous attitude they take towards a theory that questions the very foundation upon which their work rests.
Blank(i)
A.discuss
B.doubt
C.clutch at
Blank(ii)
D.unquestionably vitriolic
E.positively muted
F.slightly undiplomatic
Blank(iii)
G.complacent
H.convivial
I.dismissive
ans - b, e, i
but why 2nd blank is e? what is the clue here? what is the meaning of positively muted