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 |
|---|---|
| consort | associate |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| trappings | outward signs |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |