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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| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |