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 |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |