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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| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| polity | political organization |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |