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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ordinancean authoritative decree or direction : order
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
grottocave
solicitto make petition to : entreat
magisterialof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
rigto fit out with rigging