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GRE Verbal Problem Solving
1

In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already

(i)__________ notions, always respected for her integrity, her energy, and her

resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately (ii)__________ even her own

organization.

can any one explain what’s the relation between “out of step” and blank (i).

2

Out of step means non confirming to what others are doing or thinking as per dictionary.
Anrchonistic means of belonging to another time which falls in line with out of step.
This is my understanding.