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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| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| writ | something written : writing |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| calorific | caloric |