What do these words mean:
shoddy
florid
expatriate
lambaste
ostensible
grist
warble
2006-09-27 03:39:28 · 12 answers · asked by chocolate-drop 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This is NOT homework. I'm a grad student studying for an entrance exam and I was wondering if average people knew the meanings of these words. If you don't know - fine. If you do - fine.
2006-09-27 03:44:53 · update #1
sounds like you are describing my ex-husband
2006-09-27 03:52:25 · answer #1 · answered by Donna 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shoddy: n. poor quality cloth. adj. badly made
Florid: adj. red (face)
Expatriate: n. person who is not living in his native country. v. to send away from his native country.
Lambaste: v. to criticise sharpky
Ostensible: adj. which shows on the surface; which is meant to seem real.
Grist: n. it's useful/it all helps.
Warble: n. trembling song (of a bird). v. to sing with a trembling voice.
2006-09-27 10:47:32 · answer #2 · answered by camus0281 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the meanings off-hand but I'm sure if I consulted the dictionary I would.
2006-09-27 11:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by RACQUEL 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
shoddy- bad works man ship
florid- fluriod in toothpaste
expatriate- leave a country to live in another
lambaste-to use words to mock or shout at another
ostensible- its ostensible correct
grist- to grind wheat
warble-tipsy, turvey,wobby
2006-09-27 10:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by dude 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
shoddy-bad workmanship
florid-Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
expatriate-leave a country to live in another
lambaste-to use word s to mock and shout at another
ostensible-its ostensibly correct;Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.
grist-the grist mill, to gind wheat
warble-tipsy turvy and wobbly
2006-09-27 10:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
shoddy - poorly made
florid - of ruddy complexion
expatriate - someone who has moved abroad
lambaste - to beat
ostensible - seeming to be true, but open to doubt
grist - grain ground into flour
warble - sing notes with trills
2006-09-27 10:44:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A cheap, fake, untrustowrthy son of a gun who has fleed the country.
2006-09-27 10:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jazz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think this is your homework, not wordplay. Try a dictionary.
2006-09-27 10:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Didn't I just see you in the..homework category???...
2006-09-27 10:47:37 · answer #9 · answered by ozzy chik... 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not even for fifty points................... look them up in a dictionary.
2006-09-27 10:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋