English Words in Action, Group U +(active examples of vocabulary words being used in the context of sentences) Simply click on this banner (or the following link) and you will be on your way to stimulate your brain for greater word comprehension with quizzes based on some of the words in this unit.Utopia (yoo TOH pee uh)
Living on this tropical isle is my idea of Utopia (ideal life, perfect bliss).
Utopia came from Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) story in which he described an imaginary island by that name having a perfect social and political system and providing an ideal, paradise-type life for its inhabitants. Thomas more got the name from Greek ou, "not" + topos, "place"; which literally means "Noplace" or "no such place". utopian (yoo ToH pee uhn)
He proposed a utopian (impractical, idealistic scheme) for social and political reform.
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