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 |
|---|---|
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| peerless | matchless |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |