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 |
|---|---|
| regime | regimen |
| junket | trip |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |