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 |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |