GRE Word List
METROPOLIS
the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
The meaning of the word metropolis is the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |