217. Although the women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who undertook botanical illustration were primarily ______ , their contributions as naturalists and cataloguers actually helped ______ the field as an academic discipline.
A. researchers, depreciate
B. amateurs, legitimize
C. entrepreneurs, subsidize
D. biologists, eschew
E. historians, chronicle
218. To end his lecture on time, Professor Burke decided to ______ his final point and address it instead at the next class meeting.
A. improvise
B. amend
C. forgo
D. reiterate
E. promote