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 |
|---|---|
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| gazette | newspaper |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |