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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| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |