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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| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| groom | bridegroom |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |