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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| endue | provide |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |