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 |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |