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 |
|---|---|
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| contest | strive |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| dally | to act playfully |
