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 |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| sentinel | sentry |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| condole | grieve |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |