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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| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |