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viva voce

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of viva voce

made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing

  • the students are required to write two papers and take a viva voce examination
Synonyms of viva voce

nuncupative, oral, spoken, unwritten, verbal, word-of-mouth
Words Related to viva voce

consensual, implicit, informal

articulated, verbalized

given, pronounced, said, sounded, stated, told, voiced
Near Antonyms of viva voce

explicit, formal
Antonyms of viva voce

paper, written

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