Subscribe To This Site
Difficult Words:
Protagonist and Proselytize
Difficult Words: Protagonist and Proselytize
Proselytize (PROS uh li TIZE) v: to convert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another, to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine.
The former Methodist had been proselytized by a Lutheran deacon.
The airport terminal was filled with proselytizers from a dozen different sects, cults and religion. They were attempting to proselytize the passengers walking through the terminal.
Protagonist (proh TAG uh nist) n: the leading character in a novel, play or other work, a leader or champion
Martin Luther king - Jr was a protagonist in the long and continuing struggle for racial equality.
The protagonist of the movie was an eleven-year-old boy who saved his hometown from destruction by eating all the donuts that the mad scientist had been using to fuel his nuclear reactor. The mad scientist was the boy's chief antagonist.
An antagonist is an opponent or adversary.
This site in general and this page in particular will certainly help the visitors to increase their knowledge of vocabulary in an exhaustive way. Whilst browsing through this list, at one full swoop you will pick up many words with the same or a related and the opposite meaning.
Reading this list is a great fun, while expanding your vocabulary at the same time. It is meant to help to improve the vocabulary of the visitors, the students (who are preparing for various examinations), the authors, journalists, literati and all other people who are interested in improving their language skills.
So enjoy this list and then get around for preparing your own list of words. There is no better way of boosting your words power. The most effective way to build your vocabulary is described in the page on Word Power. Educational research has discovered that your I.Q. is intimately related to your Word Power. Take a standard Vocabulary test and then an intelligent test, the result in both will be substantially the same. The more extensive your vocabulary, the better your chances of success, other things being equal- success in attaining your educational goals, success in moving ahead in your business or professional career, success in achieving your intellectual potential.
Follow These Links!