Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The architect wanted to ------- his own initial vision and design but recognized the importance of ------- requests from his client; in the end, he had to make several concessions.

(A) maintain . . accommodating

(B) develop . . submitting

(C) protect . . excluding

(D) refuse . . incorporating

(E) preserve . . disregarding 

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