GRE Word List

IRRETRIEVABLE

not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover

The meaning of the word irretrievable is not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover.

Random words

WordMeaning
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work