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.

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reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
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paragona model of excellence or perfection
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning