Vocabulary Mnemonics

Inexorable means “impossible to stop or prevent,” and often has a slightly negative connotation.

Death, aging, technology… these are all inexorable.

The inexorable reality of death…

The seemingly inexorable progress of AI technology…

Mnemonic

To remember this word, focus on the first and last syllables: “in,” and “able.”

“In” as a prefix often means “not.” For example, inseparable means “not separate-able.”

Abel is the first person killed in the Bible.

So, think of Cain raising his knife to slay Abel, and their father, Adam, desperate to stop the slaying, yells out, “Not Abel!”

Unfortunately for Adam, his cry was in vain. Abel’s death was inexorable.