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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WordMeaning
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
invalidateto make invalid
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
pallto lose strength or effectiveness
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature