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 |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |