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 |
|---|---|
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| scintilla | spark |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |