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 |
|---|---|
| inequity | injustice |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| cursive | running |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| amend | to put right |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |