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 |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
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| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |