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 |
|---|---|
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| raspy | harsh |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| juncture | a point of time |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |