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 |
|---|---|
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |