me, i was stuck between exculpate and excursion for about that long. wasn't real happy with exculpatory; it seemed like a gratuitous inflected form to me.
Yeah, I got caught in the word forms: incarnate at 16 tries; never did recall the noun form and declared a FAIL at 18. OTOH, I was stuck between EXCULPATION and EXCURSION for a long while before I remembered EXCULPATORY. I don't think this is an unfair word; it's by far the most common use of the root, I think.
Holiday theme: sneaky. I was stuck between incarnate and incautious for about 5 minutes.
ReplyDeleteme, i was stuck between exculpate and excursion for about that long. wasn't real happy with exculpatory; it seemed like a gratuitous inflected form to me.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I got caught in the word forms: incarnate at 16 tries; never did recall the noun form and declared a FAIL at 18.
ReplyDeleteOTOH, I was stuck between EXCULPATION and EXCURSION for a long while before I remembered EXCULPATORY. I don't think this is an unfair word; it's by far the most common use of the root, I think.
perhaps you're right. i should be more charitable; it's christmas, after all.
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