<span>A statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary.</span>
Answer:
A Protagonist.
Explanation:
The main character of the play is known as the protagonist. The antagonist is the character who opposes the protagonist. The other characters that are neither the protagonist nor the antagonist are called the secondary characters. They may have a major part or a minor involvement in the drama.
Personally, the option I would choose is D. exonerated: out of, to complete the analogy. My reasoning would be that when you are carried by emotions, you are elated, the same way that when you are exonerated, you are deposed, or out of a certain service.
However, the answer that I found people saying is correct all over the Internet is C. coherent : to place, so, I don't know whom you should believe, sorry. :/