At the hearing, the protestors outnumbered the proponents of the new state spending bill. use context clues to determine the denotation of the underlined word. supporters citizens legislators antagonists

supporters

The denotation (the literal meaning, or "dictionary" meaning) of the word "proponents" is "supporters." This is implied in the passage, as it tells us that the protestors opposed the proponents of the bill. Those who disagree with the protestors are logically those who do support the bill.

based on the biblical principle proverbs 16: 32, i agree with the author of the passage "better is it that it takes longer to be angry than the strong " to the extent that i share the philosophy that the nobility of heart demonstrates the strength of a person. those who are very proud, get angry easily and show their anger toward others are really weak, but those who are noble and do not constantly obfuscate or contain their feelings of anger, are strong people