viva1
/ˈvʌɪvə/
British
noun
noun: viva; plural noun: vivas
short for viva voce.
verb
verb: viva; 3rd person present: vivas; past tense: vivaed; past participle: vivaed; past tense: viva'd; past participle: viva'd; gerund or present participle: vivaing
subject (someone) to an oral examination.
"facing them sat the youth who was being vivaed"