GRE Word List
IRREMEDIABLE
not remediable
The meaning of the word irremediable is not remediable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |