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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| 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 |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |