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 |
|---|---|
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |