02 September 2026 Editorial Words | For SSC, Banking and CDS

Daily Editorial Words and Vocabulary

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1. Resilience (n.)

Meaning: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

लचीलापन / मज़बूती

e.g. The local community showed incredible resilience in rebuilding their completely ruined homes.

You absolutely need mental resilience to survive the extreme stress of this job.

Synonyms: Toughness; Hardiness; Adaptability
Antonyms: Fragility; Vulnerability; Weakness
2. Anomaly (n.)

Meaning: Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

असंगति / अपवाद

e.g. The sudden snowstorm in the middle of summer was a massive weather anomaly.

Financial auditors noticed a highly suspicious anomaly in the company's tax records.

Synonyms: Irregularity; Abnormality; Exception
Antonyms: Conformity; Normality; Standard
3. Underpin (v.)

Meaning: Support, justify, or form the basis for.

मजबूत करना / सहारा देना

e.g. Excellent mathematical skills underpin his highly successful career in complex engineering.

The entire legal argument is heavily underpinned by a very old and outdated law.

Synonyms: Support; Bolster; Sustain
Antonyms: Undermine; Weaken; Subvert
4. Headwinds (n.)

Meaning: A wind blowing from directly in front; a situation or condition that makes progress difficult.

विरोधी हवा / बाधाएं

e.g. The struggling retail company faces severe economic headwinds in the upcoming quarter.

The airplane had to burn extra fuel to aggressively fight the powerful headwinds.

Synonyms: Obstacles; Resistance; Difficulties
Antonyms: Tailwinds; Advantages; Boosts
5. Stutter (v. / n.)

Meaning: Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds; progress in a hesitant or irregular way.

हकलाना / लड़खड़ाना

e.g. The country's economic recovery began to severely stutter after the sudden banking crisis.

He tends to nervously stutter whenever he has to speak in front of a crowd.

Synonyms: Falter; Stammer; Hesitate
Antonyms: Flow; Progress smoothly
6. Reiterate (v.)

Meaning: Say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

दोहराना / बार-बार कहना

e.g. The manager held a meeting to strictly reiterate the company's new safety policies.

Let me absolutely reiterate that I had absolutely nothing to do with this terrible scandal.

Synonyms: Repeat; Restate; Emphasize
Antonyms: Retract; Withdraw; Cancel
7. Spill over (phrasal v.)

Meaning: Reach a point at which it can no longer be controlled; affect other areas.

फैलना / छलक पड़ना

e.g. The brutal civil war threatens to violently spill over into neighboring, peaceful countries.

His massive frustration at work unfortunately started to spill over into his personal life.

Synonyms: Spread; Overflow; Extend
Antonyms: Contain; Isolate; Confine
8. Espionage (n.)

Meaning: The practice of spying or of using spies.

जासूसी

e.g. The foreign diplomat was quickly arrested and heavily charged with international espionage.

Corporate espionage is a massive and highly illegal problem in the competitive tech industry.

Synonyms: Spying; Intelligence; Infiltration
Antonyms: Transparency; Openness
9. Topple (v.)

Meaning: Overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall; remove (a government or person in authority) from power.

गिरना / तख्तापलट करना

e.g. The angry protesters managed to completely topple the massive bronze statue of the dictator.

The sudden economic scandal could easily topple the already fragile coalition government.

Synonyms: Overthrow; Overturn; Oust
Antonyms: Establish; Restore; Secure
10. Rhetoric (n.)

Meaning: The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing; language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity.

भाषणबाजी / वाक्पटुता

e.g. We are incredibly tired of the empty political rhetoric and want to see actual results.

His aggressive nationalist rhetoric deeply divided the voters during the harsh election campaign.

Synonyms: Oratory; Eloquence; Bombast
Antonyms: Quietness; Action; Sincerity
11. Entrench (v.)

Meaning: Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.

मज़बूत करना / जड़ जमाना

e.g. Sexism is deeply and incredibly entrenched in the toxic corporate culture of that firm.

The invading army dug deep trenches to firmly entrench themselves against the counterattack.

Synonyms: Establish; Embed; Ingrain
Antonyms: Uproot; Dislodge; Eradicate
12. Impasse (n.)

Meaning: A situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement.

गतिरोध

e.g. The bitter ongoing peace negotiations have unfortunately reached a complete political impasse.

Management and the labor union are currently at a severe impasse over employee wages.

Synonyms: Deadlock; Stalemate; Standstill
Antonyms: Breakthrough; Solution; Agreement
13. Retaliate (v.)

Meaning: Make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.

पलटवार करना / बदला लेना

e.g. The corrupt manager threatened to heavily retaliate against anyone who reported his illegal activities.

We must strictly avoid any violent military actions that will force the enemy to retaliate.

Synonyms: Strike back; Reciprocate
Antonyms: Surrender; Forgive; Submit
14. Escalation (n.)

Meaning: A rapid increase; a rise in the intensity or seriousness of something.

वृद्धि / तीव्रता

e.g. The sudden escalation of violent conflict along the border terrified all the local citizens.

The massive escalation in global food prices is causing severe hardship for the poor.

Synonyms: Intensification; Rise; Surge
Antonyms: De-escalation; Reduction; Mitigation
15. Electrocute (v.)

Meaning: Injure or kill someone by electric shock.

बिजली का झटका लगना / बिजली से मारना

e.g. Do not touch that highly exposed wire, or you will completely electrocute yourself.

The state sadly used to strictly electrocute the worst criminals as capital punishment.

Synonyms: Shock; Execute
Antonyms: -
16. Proliferation (n.)

Meaning: Rapid increase in numbers; a large number of something.

प्रसार / वृद्धि

e.g. The international treaty aims to strictly halt the dangerous proliferation of nuclear weapons.

There has been a massive proliferation of independent coffee shops in the busy city.

Synonyms: Expansion; Multiplication; Spread
Antonyms: Depletion; Reduction; Decline
17. Scepticism (n.)

Meaning: A skeptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.

संदेह / अविश्वास

e.g. She listened to his highly elaborate and incredibly unlikely excuse with extreme scepticism.

The bold new scientific claim was met with widespread scepticism by the global academic community.

Synonyms: Doubt; Cynicism; Disbelief
Antonyms: Conviction; Certainty; Belief
18. Intervention (n.)

Meaning: The action or process of intervening, especially in a dispute or a country's internal affairs.

हस्तक्षेप

e.g. The addict's deeply worried family staged a surprise intervention to save his failing life.

The struggling central bank announced a massive currency intervention to save the economy.

Synonyms: Involvement; Interference; Mediation
Antonyms: Noninterference; Observation
19. Stringent (adj.)

Meaning: Strict, precise, and exacting.

सख्त / कठोर

e.g. The new airport has incredibly stringent security measures to prevent any terrorist threats.

The government imposed highly stringent new rules on corporate chemical pollution.

Synonyms: Strict; Rigorous; Exacting
Antonyms: Lenient; Flexible; Mild

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