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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |