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Just dropping marks in exam (4)

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oral

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'exam' is the definition.
(spoken academic test)

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(Other definitions for oral that I've seen before include "Type of exam" , "Kind of exam" , "language exam" , "Spoken - examination" , "Via the mouth" .)

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