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She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed [#permalink] Post   22 Oct 2017, 16:14
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She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed legislation, but she was the (ii) _________ who finally got the bill onto the legislative agenda.
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(A) apologist(D) catalyst
(B) critic(E) mercenary
(C) proponent(F) lackey

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Re: She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed [#permalink] Post   01 Nov 2017, 17:41
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Explanation

You know that the woman in this sentence finally got the bill onto the legislative agenda, so she is definitely an advocate, or proponent, of the legislation. A catalyst — a term adopted from chemistry — is someone who creates change.

Proponent, catalyst.
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Re: She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed [#permalink] Post   29 Sep 2021, 09:00
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You know that the woman in this sentence finally got the bill onto the legislative agenda, so she is definitely an advocate, or proponent, of the legislation. A catalyst — a term adopted from chemistry — is someone who creates change.

Proponent, catalyst.


catalyst it is not the one who make changes it is also make it fast
therefore (critic) is the right choice not proponent
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She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed [#permalink] Post   04 Feb 2022, 04:48
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Proponent is a synonym of apologist, which means supporter. Both the words mean nearly same. How do we figure out that proponent is a better option?
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Re: She was not the only (i) _________ of the long-proposed [#permalink] Post   04 Feb 2022, 10:12
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An apologist is someone who defends something or someone else. NOT necessarily support it or him/her.

Instead of the meaning of the sentence NOT only she was a proponent of the bill but also she was a huge catalyst or the focus to, the crossroad for the implementation of the bill in reality or to transform it into the agenda

Notice how the question is missing the proper idiom not only....but also. It is NOt wrong 100% in the sentence but would be a better sentence with the correct idiom.

Let me know if you got it or still unclear somehow
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