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 |
|---|---|
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| diadem | crown |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |