GRE Word List
IMPROVISE
to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
The meaning of the word improvise is to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |