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 |
|---|---|
| melee | a confused struggle |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| debut | a first appearance |