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 |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| sere | being dried and withered |