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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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |