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 |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| replicate | duplicate |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| schism | division |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |