Fill blanks: 'The new scientific discovery was hailed as _____ but also met [those who] sought to [verify] the results through further experiments.'

revolutionary, replicate
trivial, ignore
debatable, obscure
conclusive, pacify

Correct answer: revolutionary, replicate

Solution

A discovery 'hailed as revolutionary' = celebrated as groundbreaking. Scientists then 'sought to replicate' (verify/reproduce) the results — standard scientific method. Other options: 'trivial' contradicts 'hailed'; 'conclusive' doesn't fit 'but also met [skeptics]'; 'debatable' mismatches 'hailed.'

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