The following question consists of a sentence(s) with one blank only. You are given six words as answer choices and from the six choices you have to pick up two correct answers, either of which will make the sentence meaningfully complete.

He was a ________ old gentleman who had earned the respect of everybody in that town.

A. Staid

B. Decorous

C. Execrable

D. Extant

E. Garrulous

F. Inchoate