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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| collate | to compare critically |