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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| actuary | clerk |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |