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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idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
coincorner
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation