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.
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| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |