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 |
|---|---|
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| demise | death |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |