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 |
|---|---|
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| brink | edge |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| nourishment | food |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |