In response to recent criticism of inhumane and unhygienic practices throughout the agricultural industry, farmers resolved to commission an advertising campaign portraying virtuous ranchers that would ________ the industry.
Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
A. recriminate
B. exonerate
C. vindicate
D. repudiate
E. eradicate
F. adulterate