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 |
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| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| dynamo | generator |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |