In the sentence, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to E, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged. Choose the pair(s) of words which need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. The scientist’s findings were (

• A embraced through repeated experiments, and the results were later (
• B retracted after further analysis showed inconsistencies. Although the first conclusions had been (
• C validated by the community, the retraction left many (
• D dismayed and questioning the reliability of the initial research.