Those who took Clark's old-mannered compliance for obsequiousness (i)____________ him: his apparent (ii)____________ veiled a fervent (iii)____________ of the authority that others exercised over him, one that he occasionally expressed by discreetly sabotaging their most important projects. A. misconstrued B. cynicism C. veneration D. condemned E. acquiescence F. justification G. respected H. intractability I. detestation