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extempore

adverbCommon GRE wordMore E words

spoken or done without preparation or planning; impromptu

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Extempore in a sentence

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He delivered his remarks entirely extempore, without so much as a note card.

Synonyms
impromptuextemporaneouslyspontaneouslyoffhand
Antonyms
rehearsedprepareddeliberately

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Extempore (adverb) means spoken or done without preparation or planning; impromptu
Here is extempore used in an example sentence: "He delivered his remarks entirely extempore, without so much as a note card."
Common synonyms for extempore include impromptu, extemporaneously, spontaneously, offhand.
Antonyms of extempore include rehearsed, prepared, deliberately.
Extempore is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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