Metropolis

Metropolis Glossary

hymn

a religious song or poem of praise of God.

toil

work extremely hard.

mediator

a person who attempts to help people involved in a conflict come to an agreement.

Tower of Babel

An ancient mythic city referenced in the Bible, a structure intended to reach the heavens. Often used as an allegory to explain why people speak different languages.

metropolis

a very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

scheme

to conspire.

conceive

to devise something.

foreman

a worker who supervises and directs other workers.

wage

a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker.

robot

a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.

catacomb

an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs.

discord

lack of harmony or peace.

sow

cause to appear or spread.

apocalypse

an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.

verily

truly.

blasphemy

the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.

lubricate.

make (a process) run smoothly.

silken

made of silk.

reservoir

a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body.

stake

wooden post to which a person was tied before being burned alive as a punishment.

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