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).
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| Word | Meaning |
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| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| giddy | dizzy |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |