(verb) to wear off the skin of; abrade / (verb) to censure scathingly
Conservative readers excoriated what the radicals most liked
Conservative readers excoriated what the radicals most liked
(adjective) readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown; unstable / (adjective) readily open to change
his anxious self-deceptions and labile confessions seem modern
his anxious self-deceptions and labile confessions seem modern