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 |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |