Within the culture as a whole, the natural sciences have been so successful that the word "scientific" is often used in (i)____________ manner: it is often assumed that to call something "scientific" is to imply that its reliability has been (ii)____________ by methods whose results cannot reasonably be (iii)____________. A. an ironic B. maligned C. exaggerated D. a literal E. challenged F. anticipated G. an honorific H. established I. disputed