Executives at the utility like to present the new chief executive, recruited from outside the industry, as a clean break with the past; what ratepayers detect in her proposals, for all their fresh terminology, is a version of the old billing practices that is merely (i) _______ . Three decades of rate hikes and surprise fees have so thoroughly (ii) _______ public trust that even the company's most accurate statements are now routinely greeted with open suspicion by customers and regulators alike.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A cosmetically revised	D bolstered
B genuinely overhauled	E strained
C faithfully restored	F corroded