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 |
|---|---|
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| passe | past one's prime |
| warranted | sanction |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |