23 October 2026 Editorial Words | For SSC, Banking and CDS
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Meaning: (Of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.
เคिเคเคจी-เคुเคชเคก़ी / เคฌिเคจा เคธोเคे-เคธเคฎเคे เคฌोเคฒा เคเคฏा
e.g. Voters were not convinced by the politician's glib promises of instant economic recovery.
Complex engineering failures cannot be explained away with glib excuses.
Meaning: Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
เคฆ्เคตेเคทเคชूเคฐ्เคฃ / เคฌुเคฐा เคाเคนเคจे เคตाเคฒा
e.g. The cybersecurity team blocked a malevolent software script designed to corrupt bank records.
Folktales often depict the dense forest as home to malevolent spirits.
Meaning: An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne; failure to fulfill a responsibility or duty.
เคเคฐ्เคคเคต्เคฏ-เคค्เคฏाเค / เคชเคฆเคค्เคฏाเค
e.g. Ignoring industrial pollution is a complete abdication of regulatory responsibility.
The board's refusal to audit the accounts was seen as an abdication of its fiduciary duty.
Meaning: Support or confirm the truth of something.
เคชुเคท्เคि เคเคฐเคจा / เคธเคนी เคธाเคฌिเคค เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Empirical data from the latest census will bear out the economist's warning about rural migration.
Laboratory test results fully bear out the mechanic's diagnosis of engine wear.
Meaning: An early indicator of potential danger or failure.
เคเคคเคฐे เคा เคถुเคฐुเคเคคी เคธंเคेเคค
e.g. Falling freight volume is often the canary in the coal mine for a broader manufacturing slowdown.
Scientists view the rapid melting of high-altitude glaciers as a canary in the coal mine for climate change.
Meaning: (Of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming.
เคเคธเคจ्เคจ / เคจिเคเค เคญเคตिเคท्เคฏ เคฎें เคนोเคจे เคตाเคฒा
e.g. Dark storm clouds over the bay gave residents a clear warning of the impending cyclone.
The company froze new hiring in anticipation of an impending market correction.
Meaning: A lack of harmony or agreement between things; a tension or clash resulting from disharmonious elements.
เค เคธंเคเคคि / เคฎเคคเคญेเคฆ
e.g. There is a sharp dissonance between the company's green marketing and its actual carbon emissions.
Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person's actions clash with their core moral beliefs.
Meaning: Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.
เคนोเคก़ เคเคฐเคจा / เคช्เคฐเคคिเคธ्เคชเคฐ्เคงा เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Four major infrastructure firms will vie for the contract to build the coastal highway.
Young athletes from across the state gathered to vie for a spot on the national squad.
Meaning: (Of a state or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker.
เคเคฎ เคนोเคจा / เค्เคทीเคฃ เคนोเคจा
e.g. Public enthusiasm for the expensive metro project began to wane after repeated delays.
Demand for thermal power tends to wane once the summer heatwave subsides.
Meaning: A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an alleged act took place; an excuse or pretext.
เคฌเคนाเคจा / เค เคชเคฐाเคง เคे เคธเคฎเคฏ เคเคนीं เคเคฐ เคนोเคจे เคा เคช्เคฐเคฎाเคฃ
e.g. Supply chain disruptions cannot be used forever as an alibi for poor quarterly earnings.
CCTV footage from the railway station provided the suspect with a solid alibi.
Meaning: Try to sell (something, especially small goods); promote an idea or view persistently or widely.
เคฌेเคเคจा / เคिเคธी เคตिเคाเคฐ เคा เคช्เคฐเคाเคฐ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Unscrupulous influencers often peddle unproven health supplements to gullible followers online.
Certain news channels continue to peddle sensational conspiracy theories to boost ratings.
Meaning: An unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend.
เค เคธ्เคฅाเคฏी เคตिเคเคฒเคจ / เคฎाเคฎूเคฒी เคเคคाเคฐ-เคเคข़ाเคต
e.g. Economists viewed the September dip in retail sales as a temporary blip rather than a recession.
Apart from a minor blip during the monsoon, highway construction progressed on schedule.
Meaning: A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
เคเคฅเคฒ-เคชुเคฅเคฒ / เคญाเคฐी เคฌเคฆเคฒाเคต
e.g. The rapid adoption of automation caused major upheaval across traditional assembly lines.
Geologists studied the ancient rock layers for evidence of prehistoric volcanic upheaval.
Meaning: Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
เคญเคฏाเคตเคน / เค เคถुเคญ
e.g. Investigators uncovered a sinister network of shell companies used for money laundering.
There was nothing sinister about the server outage; it was caused by a faulty power cable.
Meaning: A decision has not yet been reached on a controversial subject.
เค เคญी เคोเค เค ंเคคिเคฎ เคซैเคธเคฒा เคจ เคนोเคจा
e.g. While the new battery design looks promising on paper, the jury is out on its long-term durability.
The jury is out on whether the recent tax cuts will actually stimulate private investment.
Meaning: The action of obtaining or procuring something, especially equipment and supplies.
เคเคฐीเคฆ / เค เคงिเคช्เคฐाเคช्เคคि
e.g. Transparent e-tendering has significantly reduced delays in defence procurement.
The hospital streamlined its procurement process to prevent shortages of essential medicines.
Meaning: Support or keep in position; prevent from failing or declining.
เคธเคนाเคฐा เคฆेเคจा / เคธंเคญाเคฒเคจा
e.g. The central bank intervened in the currency market to prop up the falling rupee.
Subsidies alone cannot prop up an inefficient manufacturing unit indefinitely.
Meaning: Be a portent of a good outcome.
เคถुเคญ เคธंเคेเคค เคนोเคจा
e.g. Above-average reservoir levels in October bode well for the upcoming winter crop.
Strong pre-festive bookings bode well for the hospitality and aviation sectors.
Meaning: Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence; a ghost.
เคौเคซเคจाเค เคธाเคฏा / เคฎंเคกเคฐाเคคा เคเคคเคฐा
e.g. The sudden closure of the textile mill raised the spectre of widespread unemployment in the town.
Improved irrigation networks have largely banished the spectre of famine from the region.
Meaning: Bring or come to an end; close down a business or activity.
เคธเคฎाเคช्เคค เคเคฐเคจा / เคธเคฎेเคเคจा
e.g. The inquiry commission plans to wind up its public hearings by the end of this month.
Heavy financial losses forced the partners to wind up their overseas trading venture.
Meaning: Clear signs that something bad is going to happen or that an organization will fail.
เคตिเคจाเคถ เคฏा เคตिเคซเคฒเคคा เคा เคธ्เคชเคท्เค เคธंเคेเคค
e.g. When three senior engineers resigned in a single week, the founder saw the writing on the wall.
With digital streaming dominating the market, DVD rental stores could see the writing on the wall.
Meaning: An evil spirit; a thing that causes fear or alarm, often without justification.
เคนौเคตा / เคญเคฏ เคा เคाเคฐเคฃ
e.g. Protectionist lobbies often raise the bogey of job losses to oppose free trade agreements.
The bogey of runaway inflation kept retail investors away from long-term bonds.
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