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

WordMeaning
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
contagiona contagious disease
mandatean authoritative command
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
delusivelikely to delude