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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| document | proof |