27 October 2026 Editorial Words | For SSC, Banking and CDS
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Meaning: Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon or suspect.
เคธंเคฆिเค्เคง / เคธंเคฆेเคนเคชूเคฐ्เคฃ
e.g. The auditor rejected the expense claim because it was backed by dubious receipts.
Investors stayed away from the scheme due to its dubious legal standing.
Meaning: Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.
เคขीเคฒा / เคฒाเคชเคฐเคตाเคน
e.g. Lax security checks at the warehouse allowed thieves to walk away with valuable equipment.
The central bank penalized the lender for maintaining lax compliance standards.
Meaning: A mass of snow, ice, and rock falling rapidly down a mountainside; a sudden arrival of a large number of things.
เคนिเคฎเคธ्เคเคฒเคจ / เคฌौเคाเคฐ
e.g. A sudden avalanche blocked the strategic mountain pass for three weeks.
The customer care desk was overwhelmed by an avalanche of refund requests.
Meaning: Designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose.
เคिเคธी เคตिเคถेเคท เคाเคฎ เคे เคฒिเค เค เคฒเค เคฐเคเคจा
e.g. The municipal budget will earmark twenty crore rupees for upgrading stormwater drains.
Donors asked the charity to earmark their contributions specifically for rural schools.
Meaning: Make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
เคเคฐ เคฌिเคाเคก़เคจा / เคญเคก़เคाเคจा
e.g. Delaying interest rate cuts could aggravate the slowdown in the housing sector.
Running on a hard concrete surface will only aggravate your knee injury.
Meaning: Abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment; give in to a request.
เคจเคฐเคฎ เคชเคก़เคจा / เคฎाเคจ เคाเคจा
e.g. After weeks of intense public pressure, the transport authority finally decided to relent and roll back the steep fare hike.
The strict supervisor refused to relent on the Friday submission deadline.
Meaning: Suppress or destroy something, especially a bad habit or problem, at an early stage.
เคถुเคฐुเคเคค เคฎें เคนी เคฐोเค เคฆेเคจा / เคธिเคฐ เคเค ाเคคे เคนी เคुเคเคฒเคจा
e.g. Minor accounting discrepancies must be nipped in the bud before they turn into major fraud.
Timely medical treatment helped nip the infection in the bud.
Meaning: An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
เคฎिเคธाเคฒ / เคชूเคฐ्เคต เคเคฆाเคนเคฐเคฃ
e.g. The supreme court's landmark ruling set a binding legal precedent for environmental cases.
Waiving the penalty for one contractor would set a dangerous precedent for future tenders.
Meaning: Erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
เคชเคฅเคญ्เคฐเคท्เค / เคจिเคฏเคฎ เคคोเคก़เคจे เคตाเคฒा
e.g. The regulator imposed heavy fines on errant stockbrokers who violated margin rules.
An errant pass in the final minute cost the football team the championship title.
Meaning: Praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context.
เคช्เคฐเคถंเคธा เคเคฐเคจा / เคธเคฐाเคนเคจा เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Global health bodies gathered to laud the country's successful vaccination drive.
Critics were quick to laud the young author's debut historical novel.
Meaning: Make less severe, serious, or painful.
เคเคฎ เคเคฐเคจा / เคถांเคค เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Planting mangroves along the coast helps mitigate the impact of cyclonic storm surges.
Proper crop insurance schemes can mitigate the financial distress caused by drought.
Meaning: Improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment.
เคเคฆाเคाเคฐ / เคชेเคถेเคตเคฐ เคฒाเคชเคฐเคตाเคนी
e.g. The medical council revoked the licence of the clinic after proving charges of malpractice.
Strict audit trails were introduced to prevent financial malpractice in public procurement.
Meaning: Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
เคนเคตाเคฒा เคฆेเคจा / เคเคน्เคตाเคจ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. The trade union threatened to invoke emergency labour laws if wages were delayed.
Defence lawyers decided to invoke the right to privacy during the constitutional hearing.
Meaning: Charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.
เคฎเคนाเคญिเคฏोเค เคเคฒाเคจा
e.g. Opposition lawmakers moved a formal motion to impeach the corrupt magistrate.
The constitution lays down a rigorous parliamentary procedure to impeach a sitting judge.
Meaning: Offend someone by encroaching on their area of responsibility or authority.
เคिเคธी เคे เค เคงिเคाเคฐ เค्เคทेเคค्เคฐ เคฎें เคฆเคเคฒ เคฆेเคเคฐ เคจाเคฐाเค़ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. The new consultant was careful not to step on the toes of the senior project managers.
Creating a parallel investigation agency will inevitably step on the toes of the local police.
Meaning: Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
เคตिเคृเคค / เค เคจुเคिเคค เคเคฐ เคนเค ी
e.g. Rewarding้ -coming trains with priority track access creates a perverse incentive for delays.
He took a perverse pleasure in arguing against every sensible suggestion at the meeting.
Meaning: Move ahead of one's proper place in a line or waiting list to gain an unfair advantage.
เคเคคाเคฐ เคคोเคก़เคเคฐ เค เคจुเคिเคค เคฒाเคญ เคฒेเคจा
e.g. Influential applicants should not be allowed to jump the queue for public housing allotments.
Emergency trauma patients are permitted to jump the queue at the hospital triage desk.
Meaning: The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
เค्เคทเคคिเคชूเคฐ्เคคि / เคนเคฐ्เคाเคจा
e.g. Developing nations demanded climate reparation from historical polluters at the global summit.
The court ordered the timber company to pay full reparation for the illegal deforestation.
Meaning: Go against the general tendency or pattern, especially to succeed when others are failing.
เคช्เคฐเคเคฒिเคค เคงाเคฐा เคे เคตिเคชเคฐीเคค เคाเคจा
e.g. While most retail stores reported losses, the local pharmacy chain managed to buck the trend.
Rural two-wheeler sales continue to buck the trend despite rising borrowing costs.
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