For many years Cole experienced (i)____________ his professional circle. He was a (ii)____________ figure in the Middle East Studies Association of North America, editing for five years its flagship publication, and in 2004 he was even elected the association's incoming president. But because his research focused on highly (iii)____________ aspects of the eighteenth-and-nineteenth century Middle East, he was unlikely to achieve any sort of public acclaim. A. obscurity within B. leading C. relevant D. estrangement from E. provocative F. esoteric G. anonymity outside H. traditional I. disputed