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).

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morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
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personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
premonitorygiving warning
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender