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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| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
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| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
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| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| cadaver | a dead body |