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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| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |