Meaning: An adjective, ersatz means an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation.
Origin: The word has its roots in the German word ersatz meaning a substitute or replacement. Its first known use was in 1871.
Usage: No one, not even the queen could tell the difference between the priceless stones and the ersatz jewels affixed on the crown.
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Meaning: A noun, ambit means scope, extent, bounds or limits of something.
Origin: The term ambit was borrowed from Latin noun ambitus meaning "circuit, circumference", from past participle ambire meaning "to go round”, a combination of amb "around" and -ire meaning "go". Ambitus is a noun associated with circular motion. Ambit has been in use in English since the latter part of the 15th Century.
Usage: The police said that his case doesn't fall within the ambit of their jurisdiction.
A complete discussion on Chola history was outside the ambit of one class period. So the teacher said she would try to cover it in a week's time.
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Meaning: This noun refers to the waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event.
Origin: Now obsolete, geologically, the word referred to "process of erosion”, originating from the Latin word detritus, meaning "a wearing away" from de (“away”) + terere ("to rub, wear"). The use of the word in a figurative or transferred sense of “waste material, debris” is by 1834.
Usage: The stadium was littered with the detritus of yesterday's rock concert.
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Meaning: In general contexts, hiatus usually refers to a period of time when something, such as an activity or program, is suspended.
Origin: While the word now most often refers to a temporary pause, hiatus originally referred to a physical opening in something such as the mouth of a cave. This word comes from the verb hiare which is Latin for to open wide.
Usage: The band has been on hiatus for three years.
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Meaning: The word bamboozle denotes tricking or deceiving someone, often by confusing them.
Origin: The word, which has been around since 1703, is originally a slang word of unknown origin. Some suggest that it is perhaps of Scottish origin from bombaze, bumbaze "confound, perplex”, while others believe that it might be related to French embabouiner to make a fool.”
Following steady usage for over a hundred years, the word has become more popular and found more usage in this century.
Usage: She bamboozled the opposition batters with her turn and bounce to help her side win the cricket match.
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Meaning: The word bedazzle is used when the outstanding ability or striking appearance greatly impresses someone. It is also used to denote decorating or personalising clothing or accessories using beads, glitter, etc
Origin: The word, which has been in use since the 1590s, was first used to mean "blind by excess of light". It is arrived at by combining "be" with "dazzle”. Dazzle acquired the figurative sense of "overpower or excite admiration by brilliancy or showy display" from 1560s.
Usage: Bedazzled by our gadgets, we seem to have completely lost ourselves to these devices.
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