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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
