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 |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| dire | exciting horror |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |