While society may regard science as some (i) activity closed off to the (ii) masses, the daily life of a scientist--driving to work each day, checking emails, meeting deadlines--can seem (iii).
Blank (i)
grand
arcane
illicit
Blank (ii)
disheveled
benighted
huddled
Blank (iii)
irredeemably prosaic
surprisingly quotidian
relentlessly hectic