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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| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| championship | designation as champion |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| microcosm | a little world |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |