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A Word A Day : Impromptu
Monday, 10th September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Impromptu
Pronunciation : im-promp'tu
1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance
2. Spoken, performed, done or composed with little or no preparation
3. Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought
4. A few unrehearsed comments
5. Trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
French, from Latin in promptu, at hand : in prōmptū, ablative of promptus, readiness, from past participle of promere, to bring forth
1. Ad-Lib
2. Extemporaneous
3. Extemporary
4. Extempore
5. Improvised
6. Offhand
7. Snap
8. Spur-Of-The-Moment
9. Unrehearsed
10. Off-The-Cuff
11. Unprepared
1. Deliberate
2. Designed
3. Planned
4. Premeditated
5. Prepared
6. Rehearsed
• It takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
• He is famous for writing that kind of impromptu descriptive verse which the Chinese call Ying.
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