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This week's theme Forgotten positives This week's words evitable wieldy exorable gainly corrigible Like what you see? Spread the word: Send a gift subscription Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg exorable PRONUNCIATION: (EK-suhr-uh-buhl) MEANING: adjective: Capable of being persuaded or moved. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exorare (to prevail upon), from ex- (out) + orare (to pray, beg). USAGE: "Without reform, the result is an exorable middle-class tax increase." Jonathan Rauch; A Bad Tax With Good Timing; National Journal (Washington, DC); Mar 18, 2006. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)

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