GRE Word List
UTOPIA
a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
The meaning of the word utopia is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |