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 |
|---|---|
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |