With the emergence of scientific history-writing in the late nineteenth century, several authors sought to ignore the glowing myths surrounding George Washington and uncover the human being within, but their biographies were still (i)____________ enough that Washington remained a marbled and remote figure. Indeed, by the 1920s Washington had become such (ii)____________ personage that inevitably someone had to go to the other extreme and try to (iii)____________ the legend. A. ponderous B. a deified C. debunk D. empirical E. an ignored F. aggrandize G. laudatory H. a misunderstood I. reproduce