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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| nexus | connection |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |