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impromptu

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore I words

done without preparation or planning

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Impromptu in a sentence

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She delivered an impromptu speech that turned out to be the night's highlight.

Synonyms
spontaneousimprovisedunrehearsedoffhand
Antonyms
rehearsedplanned

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Impromptu (adjective) means done without preparation or planning
Here is impromptu used in an example sentence: "She delivered an impromptu speech that turned out to be the night's highlight."
Common synonyms for impromptu include spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed, offhand.
Antonyms of impromptu include rehearsed, planned.
Impromptu is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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