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
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| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| warrant | sanction |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |