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 |
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| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |