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 |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |