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apostle

nounCommon GRE wordMore A words

a vigorous and pioneering advocate or supporter of a particular cause or movement

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Apostle in a sentence

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She became an apostle of sustainable design, lecturing widely about its economic benefits.

Synonyms
championproponentadvocatemissionary
Antonyms
criticopponentdetractor

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Apostle (noun) means a vigorous and pioneering advocate or supporter of a particular cause or movement
Here is apostle used in an example sentence: "She became an apostle of sustainable design, lecturing widely about its economic benefits."
Common synonyms for apostle include champion, proponent, advocate, missionary.
Antonyms of apostle include critic, opponent, detractor.
Apostle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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