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 |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |