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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| overweening | arrogant |
| unkempt | not combed |