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🔵Extemporize - Extemporise Meaning - Extemporize Examples - Extemporise Definition - Formal English

Crepuscular: resembling or relating to twilight; (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight.

Ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches; promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches.

Extemporize: compose or perform something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.

Laccolith: a mass of igneous rock, typically lens-shaped, that has been intruded between rock strata causing uplift in the shape of a dome.

Lithe: (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Lymphatic: relating to lymph or its secretion; (of a person) pale, flabby, or sluggish (archaic).

Orlov: a Russian noble family, a type of decorative Russian egg, or a surname meaning "eagle."

Sotto voce: speaking or performing in a quiet, soft, or undertone manner, often so only nearby listeners can hear.

Wuthering: (adj.) describes a wind that blows strongly or a place where the wind blows strongly; sometimes used interchangeably with whithering,

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MORE EDITOR@WORK BLOG ENTRIES

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

BLOG ENTRIES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

ANECDOTES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer OUTTA there!

ENTRIES FROM THE DOG BLOG

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

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• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

Thursday, August 20, 2026

WORD MAN: CORULER

How to say "coruler"! (High Quality Voices)

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Abstracted: lacking concentration on what is happening around one.

Attenuated: having been reduced in force, effect, or value; (of a signal, electric current, or other oscillation) reduced in amplitude; (of a pathogenic organism) reduced in virulence, especially for use as a vaccine; thin or reduced in thickness.

Breechblock: a metal block which closes the aperture at the back part of a rifle or gun barrel.

Chador: a large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face exposed, worn especially by Muslim women.

Coruler: one of two or more individuals who simultaneously hold the highest office of authority in a territory or organization. Unlike a "subordinate," a coruler theoretically possesses equal or near-equal legal standing. ALSO: co-ruler.

Helix pomatia: (the Roman snail) the Burgundy snail, or escargot, is a species of large, air-breathing stylommatophoran land snail native to Europe.