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 |
|---|---|
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| dilute | attenuate |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |