GRE Word List
PROTAGONIST
the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story)
The meaning of the word protagonist is the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| commune | talk over |
| obscure | dark |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |