viva voce
noun/ˌvaɪvə ˈvəʊtʃi/
/ˌvaɪvə ˈvəʊtʃi/
(British English also viva)
(from Latin)- a spoken exam, especially in a British universityTopics Educationc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin, literally ‘with the living voice’.
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