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 |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |