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 |
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| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| pending | during |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |