GRE Word List
PROTAGONIST
leader or noticeable supporter of an idea; chief character in a play or story
The meaning of the word protagonist is leader or noticeable supporter of an idea; chief character in a play or story.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| civil | having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic |
| circumscribe | limit; confine; draw a line around |
| therapeutic | curative; N. therapy |
| interminable | endless |
| unfrock | defrock; strip a priest or minister of church authority |
| pudding | hot sweet dish |
| hurtle | crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train |
| execrate | curse; express abhorrence for; detest |
| premise | assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based |
| sterile | incapable of producing young; free from microorganism; V. sterilize |