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 |
|---|---|
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |