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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |