Words

promote growth; encourage the development of

lessen, diminish, or reduce

destroy the beauty or promise of; cause to decay

difficult to please; easily disgusted; squeamish

birth or origin

story of events or experiences

chief character of a literary work

main character opposing the protagonist in a literary work

a character who functions as a direct contrast to another character to better highlight certain qualities of the protagonist.

long, pompous, noisy speech.