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 |
|---|---|
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |