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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pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
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requiema mass for the dead
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inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting