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 |
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| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |