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 |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| contrive | devise |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| brazen | made of brass |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |