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 |
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| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| plane | airplane |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| addle | rotten |