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Today’s article title is: In Ladakh, India has little choice but to make China pay a cost
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INEVITABLE
Adjective
Pronunciation: in-ev-i-tuh-buhl
Meaning: impossible to avoid or evade
Synonyms: certain, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, necessary, sure, unavoidable, unescapable
Antonyms: avoidable, evadable, uncertain, unsure
Usage: The extinction of humankind is inevitable
Forms: Inevitable (noun)
RECKONING
Noun
Pronunciation: rek-uh-ning
Meaning: the act of placing a value on the nature, character, value or quality of something
Synonyms: appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, valuation
Usage: As per my reckoning, the profits will be huge
Forms: Reckon (verb)
CONTEMPTUOUS
Adjective
Pronunciation: kuhn-temp-choo-uhs
Meaning: feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern
Synonyms: abhorrent, disdainful, scornful
Antonyms: admiring, applauding, appreciative, approving
Usage: He is contemptuous of lazy people
Forms: Contempt (noun)
DISDAIN
Noun
Pronunciation: dis-deyn
Meaning: open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one’s concern or respect
Synonyms: contempt, contemptuousness, despisement, despite, despitefulness, misprision, scorn
Antonyms: admiration, esteem, estimation, favor, regard, respect
Usage: I have a disdain for lazy people
Forms: Disdain (verb), Disdainful (adjective)
ASSERTION
Noun
Pronunciation: uh-sur-shuhn
Meaning: a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
Synonyms: affirmation, asseveration, avouchment, avowal, claim, declaration, insistence, profession, protestation
Antonyms: disavowal
Usage: Her assertion about society is correct!
Forms: Assert (verb)
