29 October 2026 Editorial Words | For SSC, Banking and CDS
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Meaning: Take shelter or prepare oneself for a difficult situation or a long task.
เคธुเคฐเค्เคทिเคค เคธ्เคฅाเคจ เคชเคฐ เคिเคชเคจा / เคเค िเคจ เคธเคฎเคฏ เคे เคฒिเค เคคैเคฏाเคฐ เคนोเคจा
e.g. Coastal villagers were advised to hunker down indoors before the cyclone made landfall.
Small firms had to cut overhead costs and hunker down during the prolonged credit crunch.
Meaning: Involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
เคเคตเคถ्เคฏเค เคฌเคจाเคจा / เคชเคฐिเคฃाเคฎ เคนोเคจा
e.g. Upgrading the legacy banking software will entail significant expenditure and staff training.
Accepting a senior diplomatic post entails frequent travel to conflict zones.
Meaning: Relating to old people, especially with regard to their healthcare.
เคตृเคฆ्เคง เคต्เคฏเค्เคคिเคฏों เคी เคฆेเคเคญाเคฒ เคธे เคธंเคฌंเคงिเคค
e.g. District hospitals must establish dedicated geriatric wards to serve the ageing population.
The medical college introduced a new fellowship in geriatric psychiatry this year.
Meaning: Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.
เคชเคฆ เคธे เคนเคाเคจा / เคฌेเคฆเคเคฒ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Shareholders voted overwhelmingly to oust the chief executive following the accounting scandal.
Rebel lawmakers formed a secret alliance to oust the party leader before the general election.
Meaning: A candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
เคुเคชा เคฐुเคธ्เคคเคฎ / เค เคช्เคฐเคค्เคฏाเคถिเคค เคตिเคेเคคा
e.g. The independent candidate emerged as the dark horse in the municipal council elections.
Few analysts expected the regional sports club to be the dark horse of the national tournament.
Meaning: Flooding; an overwhelming abundance of people or things.
เคฌाเคข़ / เคเคฒเคช्เคฒाเคตเคจ
e.g. Prolonged inundation of the low-lying paddy fields destroyed nearly half the winter crop.
The passport office experienced an inundation of applications ahead of the summer holidays.
Meaning: Aware of and responsive to a situation or problem.
เคे เคช्เคฐเคคि เคธเคेเคค เคฏा เคाเคเคฐूเค เคนोเคจा
e.g. Policy planners must remain alive to the socioeconomic challenges of rapid urbanisation.
The audit team is fully alive to the risks of automated data manipulation.
Meaning: A combination of countries, parties, or groups sharing a common purpose.
เคฆेเคถों เคฏा เคฆเคฒों เคा เคुเค
e.g. The trade bloc negotiated a common tariff schedule for agricultural imports.
Developing nations formed a unified bloc at the climate summit to demand technology transfers.
Meaning: Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.
เคช्เคฐเคฎाเคฃ / เคธाเค्เคท्เคฏ
e.g. The ancient stone bridge stands as a lasting testament to the skill of medieval engineers.
Low casualty figures during the cyclone were a testament to the state's early warning system.
Meaning: Support or keep from falling or sinking; bolster.
เคธเคนाเคฐा เคฆेเคจा / เคिเคฐเคจे เคธे เคฌเคाเคจा
e.g. The central bank intervened in the bond market to shore up investor confidence during the crisis.
Workers used heavy timber beams to shore up the damaged wall of the heritage building.
Meaning: Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed; wear away.
เคงीเคฐे-เคงीเคฐे เคจเคท्เค เคเคฐเคจा / เคเคฎเค़ोเคฐ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Persistent inflation will erode the purchasing power of fixed-income pensioners.
Unchecked coastal construction continues to erode the natural sand dunes along the beach.
Meaning: Formulate and enforce a rule, principle, or law.
เคจिเคฏเคฎ เคฏा เคถเคฐ्เคค เคจिเคฐ्เคงाเคฐिเคค เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. The new aviation guidelines lay down strict rest requirements for commercial pilots.
The tender document must clearly lay down the technical specifications for the brass fixtures.
Meaning: Follow the example or advice of someone; use something as a signal for action.
เคธे เคธंเคेเคค เคฒेเคจा / เคिเคธी เคे เคเคฆाเคนเคฐเคฃ เคा เค เคจुเคธเคฐเคฃ เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Domestic stock markets often take their cue from overnight trading trends in Asian indices.
Junior auditors should take their cue from senior officers when drafting formal inspection notes.
Meaning: Drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction.
เคเคे เคงเคेเคฒเคจा / เคช्เคฐेเคฐिเคค เคเคฐเคจा
e.g. Strong rural demand is expected to propel two-wheeler sales during the festive quarter.
A twin-turbocharged engine helps propel the heavy cargo aircraft into the stratosphere.
Meaning: Cause continual trouble or distress to.
เคฒเคाเคคाเคฐ เคชเคฐेเคถाเคจ เคเคฐเคจा / เคเคท्เค เคฆेเคจा
e.g. Supply chain bottlenecks and high fuel costs continue to plague small manufacturing units.
Chronic waterlogging will plague the industrial estate until the storm drains are widened.
Meaning: Relating to the structure of populations.
เคเคจเคธांเค्เคฏिเคीเคฏ (เคเคจเคธंเค्เคฏा เคी เคธंเคฐเคเคจा เคธंเคฌंเคงी)
e.g. Rapid demographic shifts require states to invest heavily in both youth employment and elder care.
The marketing team analysed demographic data from the census before launching the regional campaign.
Meaning: A final course of action, used only when all else has failed.
เค ंเคคिเคฎ เคเคชाเคฏ / เคเคिเคฐी เคธเคนाเคฐा
e.g. Institutional care should be viewed as a last resort when home-based medical support is impossible.
The central bank acts as the lender of last resort for commercial banks facing liquidity crises.
Meaning: Hold on tightly to; remain stubbornly attached to an idea or position.
เคिเคชเคे เคฐเคนเคจा / เคจ เคोเคก़เคจा
e.g. Companies that cling to outdated business models often lose out to agile startups.
The stranded sailors continued to cling to the overturned lifeboat until the coast guard arrived.
Meaning: Fail to consider; forget or ignore an important fact or goal.
เค เคจเคฆेเคा เคเคฐเคจा / เคฎुเค्เคฏ เคฌाเคค เคญूเคฒ เคाเคจा
e.g. In the rush to meet quarterly revenue targets, the firm must not lose sight of product safety.
Policymakers celebrating headline GDP growth should not lose sight of rural unemployment.
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