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 |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| shack | hut |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |