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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| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |