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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| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
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| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
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