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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denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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retaliateto return like for like
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heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
psychiatrista medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
emblazonto inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices