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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pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
writheto twist into coils or folds
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
trinketa small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size