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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| spare | not being used |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |