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Vocabulary List 5
Term | Definition |
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antagonist | (noun) A person who struggles against or competes with another; the enemy of the protagonist. |
antonym | (noun) a word having the opposite or nearly opposite meaning of another word. |
character | (noun) 1. A person, usually in a work of art. 2. Qualities of honesty, courage, and goodness. |
homonym | (verb) A word pronounced the same as another but having a different meaning, whether spelled the same way or not; also known as a homophone or homograph. |
narrator | (noun) The person who tells a story. |
prefix | (noun) A part of a word placed at the front of a word to create new meaning. |
protagonist | (noun) The lead character or hero in a work of art. |
suffix | (noun) A part of a word placed at the end of a word to create new meaning. |
synonym | (noun) A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. |
translate | (verb) to change from one language to another |