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 |
|---|---|
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| paradigm | example |
| inequity | injustice |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |