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Viva voce

noun
1.
An examination conducted by spoken communication.  Synonyms: oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva.





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"Viva voce" Quotes from Famous Books



... VIVA VOCE. Latin; literally, with the living voice. In the English universities, that part of an examination which ...
— A Collection of College Words and Customs • Benjamin Homer Hall
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... said the comptroller, "either on paper or 'viva voce'. You will find me willing to learn and ready to grasp your ideas. Here is M. Paris du Vernai, who wants twenty millions for his military school; and he wishes to get this sum without a charge on the state or ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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... are cases in which a viva voce conference—Hem! I perceive—I know—Colonel Mannering has adopted some prejudices which may make may visit appear intrusive, but I submit to his good sense, whether he ought to exclude me from a hearing ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott
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... London University, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, never by the hospital schools. These were practically race committees; they did no teaching, but when you had done certain things, they allowed you to come up and be examined, and if you got through a written and "viva voce" examination you were inflicted on an unsuspecting public "qualified to kill"—often only ...
— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
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... History: 'tis the Midwife to Industry, and brings forth alive the Conceptions of the Brain. Minerva walks upon the Stage before us, and we are more assured of the real presence of Wit when it is delivered viva voce— ...
— Incognita - or, Love & Duty Reconcil'd. A Novel • William Congreve
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Words linked to "Viva voce" :   exam, viva, oral, test, examination


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