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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WordMeaning
mustyimpaired by damp or mildew : moldy
amplegenerous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
slougha place of deep mud or mire
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language