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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latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
beatitudea state of utmost bliss
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
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knottymarked by or full of knots
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