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 |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |