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 |
|---|---|
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| hap | happening |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |