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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| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| mendicant | beggar |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |