GRE Word List
EXTEMPORANEOUS
composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
The meaning of the word extemporaneous is composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| peerless | matchless |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| dart | a light spear |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |