21 October 2026 Editorial Words | For SSC, Banking and CDS
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Meaning: An artistic work consisting of a medley of pieces imitating various sources; an incongruous combination.
เคฎिเคถ्เคฐเคฃ / เคตिเคญिเคจ्เคจ เคถैเคฒिเคฏों เคा เคฎेเคฒ
e.g. The new tax code is a confusing pastiche of outdated colonial laws and modern amendments.
The director's latest film is a clever pastiche of classic noir thrillers.
Meaning: Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.
เค เคชเคถिเคท्เค เคเคฒ / เคाเคฐเคाเคจों เคा เคंเคฆा เคชाเคจी
e.g. The pollution control board fined the dyeing unit for releasing untreated effluent into the canal.
Strict filtration of industrial effluent is essential to protect aquatic life downstream.
Meaning: Pursue a difficult task or activity to the end.
เค ंเคค เคคเค เคกเคे เคฐเคนเคจा / เคนाเคฐ เคจ เคฎाเคจเคจा
e.g. Despite severe financial hurdles, the committee decided to stay the course until the river restoration was complete.
Economic reforms require political courage to stay the course even when short-term results look slow.
Meaning: An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.
เคुเคाเคต / เคช्เคฐเคตृเคค्เคคि
e.g. Investors showed a strong propensity to shift their funds into gold during the banking crisis.
His propensity to exaggerate minor achievements often annoyed his colleagues.
Meaning: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
เค เคคि เคธाเคตเคงाเคจ / เคธूเค्เคท्เคฎ
e.g. The auditor conducted a meticulous examination of the department's procurement ledgers.
Restoring the ancient manuscript required months of meticulous brushwork.
Meaning: An unfilled space or interval; a gap.
เคเคฎी / เคฐिเค्เคคि
e.g. The appellate court pointed out a serious legal lacuna in the land acquisition rules.
Historians discovered a two-decade lacuna in the town's archival records.
Meaning: Make or become thoroughly wet; drench in liquid.
เคญिเคोเคจा / เคกुเคฌोเคจा
e.g. The chef decided to souse thesponge cake in warm sugar syrup before serving.
Rescue workers had to souse the smoldering warehouse timbers with water to prevent another fire.
Meaning: Military observation of a region to locate an enemy; preliminary survey.
เคोเคน / เคช्เคฐाเคฐंเคญिเค เคธเคฐ्เคตेเค्เคทเคฃ
e.g. Aerial reconnaissance revealed that the mountain pass was blocked by a massive landslide.
The cybersecurity team detected automated reconnaissance traffic probing the bank's servers.
Meaning: In an extremely bad or appalling way.
เคฌेเคนเคฆ เคเคฐाเคฌ เคขंเค เคธे
e.g. The municipal contractor performed abysmally in meeting the pre-monsoon drainage targets.
Voter turnout in the local council election was abysmally low due to the heatwave.
Meaning: Prevent someone or something from approaching or having a negative effect.
เคฆूเคฐ เคฐเคเคจा / เคนाเคตी เคจ เคนोเคจे เคฆेเคจा
e.g. The central bank raised interest rates to keep inflation at bay.
Regular physical exercise and a balanced diet help keep lifestyle diseases at bay.
Meaning: Relating to the practice of cooking or eating good food.
เคชाเคเคเคฒा เคธंเคฌंเคงी / เคเคค्เคคเคฎ เคญोเคเคจ เคธंเคฌंเคงी
e.g. The old quarter of the city is famous for its vibrant gastronomic delights.
Their weekend trip to Lucknow turned into a memorable gastronomic adventure.
Meaning: Give new energy or vigor to; revitalize.
เคाเคฏाเคเคฒ्เคช เคเคฐเคจा / เคจเคฏा เคीเคตเคจ เคฆेเคจा
e.g. Dredging the silted riverbed helped rejuvenate the drying wetland ecosystem.
The company hired a new design team to rejuvenate its aging product line.
Meaning: Absorb or soak up liquid.
เคธोเค เคฒेเคจा
e.g. Use a dry cotton cloth to sop up the spilled engine oil from the garage floor.
He tore off a piece of warm flatbread to sop up the rich lentil gravy.
Meaning: Surpass or overtake another to move into a leading position; bypass intermediate stages.
เคเคฒांเค เคฒเคाเคเคฐ เคเคे เคจिเคเคฒเคจा
e.g. Adopting renewable energy early will allow developing nations to leapfrog outdated industrial technologies.
Mobile banking enabled rural consumers to leapfrog traditional brick-and-mortar branches.
Meaning: (Of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange.
เคธเคจเคी / เคตिเคฒเค्เคทเคฃ
e.g. The reclusive inventor was known for his eccentric habit of working only by candlelight.
Despite his eccentric dressing style, the professor was revered for his brilliant lectures.
Meaning: Make or become widely known or evident.
เคธाเคฎเคจे เคเคจा / เคเคाเคเคฐ เคนोเคจा
e.g. Several accounting irregularities came to light during the statutory audit of the cooperative bank.
New historical evidence has come to light regarding the trade routes of the ancient port.
Meaning: An artificial barrier across a river or estuary to prevent flooding or aid irrigation.
เคฌैเคฐाเค / เคฌांเคง
e.g. Authorities opened four gates of the barrage to release excess rainwater downstream.
Migratory birds gather in thousands near the shallow waters upstream of the river barrage.
Meaning: Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.
เคเคท्เค เคฆेเคจा / เคฌीเคฎाเคฐ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. The committee was tasked with diagnosing what continues to ail the state's power distribution companies.
Nobody knew what began to ail the ancient banyan tree after the dry winter.
Meaning: Make or become less sharp; weaken or reduce the force of.
เคงाเคฐ เคเคฎ เคเคฐเคจा / เคช्เคฐเคญाเคต เคเคाเคจा
e.g. Rising raw material costs threatened to blunt the export competitiveness of local textile mills.
Continuous exposure to crisis news can eventually blunt public sensitivity to disasters.
Meaning: Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance.
เคคेเค़ी เคธे เคฌเคข़เคจा / เคตिเคเคฐाเคฒ เคฐूเคช เคฒेเคจा
e.g. A minor billing dispute threatened to snowball into a major legal battle between the two firms.
Unchecked credit card debt can quickly snowball if only the minimum amount is paid each month.
Meaning: Large, heavy, and powerful; (of a number or amount) impressively large.
เคญाเคฐी-เคญเคฐเคเคฎ / เคฌเคก़ा
e.g. The transport department imposed a hefty fine on commercial vehicles violating emission norms.
He had to pay a hefty security deposit before leasing the warehouse space.
Meaning: The action of remedying something, in particular of reversing environmental damage or correcting a fault.
เคธुเคงाเคฐ / เคฆोเคท เคจिเคตाเคฐเคฃ
e.g. The IT team worked through the night on the remediation of the server vulnerability.
Soil remediation at the abandoned chemical factory site will take at least five years.
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