Verb
- (v.) improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise (perform without preparation) "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
- (v.) improvise, extemporize (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand) "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
Adjective
- (adj.) improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift (done or made using whatever is available) "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
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