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 |
|---|---|
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |