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 |
|---|---|
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| 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 |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |