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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| billow | wave |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |