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Meaning: The word capitalize refers to writing the letter of the alphabet as a capital or to write the first letter of the word as a capital. It is also used to denote providing companies with capital. When we use it as “capitalize on something” then it corresponds to taking the chance to gain advantages from it.

Origin: The word has been around since 1764 to mean “write or print in capital letters”. The sense of “converting assets to capital” is recorded from 1868. The word is formed by adding the suffix ize to capital.

Usage: She capitalized on her experiences and the knowledge she possesses to land that job.

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Meaning: This adjective means attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy.

Origin: This word is derived from the Latin verb ‘ostentare’ which means to display.

Usage: His ostentatious displays of knowledge were often less than charming.

Meaning: This adjective means not likely to get worried, nervous, or angry even in difficult situations.

Origin: The first known use of unflappable was in 1954, and it comes from a combination of un (“not”) + flap (“to upset, stir’) + -able. Here’s a trivia: Former British PM Harold Macmillan apparently had a reputation for being unflappable!

Example: There’s a warm heart beneath her unflappable exterior.

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Meaning: Morass, used as a noun, means a tract of low-lying wet, soggy ground. Figuratively, it means a complicated or confused situation, anything that makes progress difficult. It is similar to quagmire.

Origin: The term morass is said to have entered English in the 1650s. It is derived from Dutch moeras meaning “marsh”, which in turn comes from the Old French word, maresc meaning “marsh.” In its earliest uses, morass was just a synonym of swamp. In course of time, say around the mid-19th Century, it acquired a figurative sense, beginning to refer to a murky situation that makes navigation difficult like a literal quagmire.

Usage: He rode the horse through the morass and up the slope.

She was caught in a morass of lies and falsehood.

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Meaning: This adjective refers to showing great care, attention, and effort. If you are assiduous in your actions, it is implied that you are in it for the long haul, or that you can “sit with” a task or challenge for a considerable time.

Origin: This word is derived from the Latin verb assidere, meaning “to sit beside.”

Usage: They were assiduous in their search for all the latest facts and figures.

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Meaning: This noun refers to the practice of responding to a difficult question or problem by raising another difficult question or problem, in order to move attention away from the original question.

Origin: The term whataboutery is a portmanteau of what and about. According to lexicographer Ben Zimmer, the term originated in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1970s.

Usage: The default move in his situation is deflecting blame with whataboutery.

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