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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |