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Today’s article title is: The scourge of tax arrears, growth risks, and more
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SCOURGE
Noun
Pronunciation: skurj
Meaning: a source of harm or misfortune
Synonyms: affliction, bane, curse, nemesis
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend
Usage: Greed is the scourge of humanity
Forms: Scourge (verb)
INTROSPECTION
Noun
Pronunciation: in-truh-spekt
Meaning: examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings
Synonyms: self-contemplation, self-examination, self-observation, self-questioning, self-reflection
Usage: This needs a lot of introspection from my side
Forms: Introspect (verb)
CONSTRAINT
Noun
Pronunciation: kuhn-streynt
Meaning: something that limits one’s freedom of action or choice/ to keep one’s emotions in check
Synonyms: check, circumscription, condition, curb, fetter/ discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, repression
Antonyms: freedom, latitude/ disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint
Usage: As a civil servant, one requires to exercise some constraint over own’s feelings
Forms: Constraining (verb), Constrained (adjective)
RESOLVE
Verb
Pronunciation: ri-zolv
Meaning: to find an answer for through reasoning/ to set or force apart
Synonyms: solve, unravel, unriddle, work out/ break up, decouple, disassociate, split
Antonyms: join, link, unify, unite
Usage: We will resolve this issue/ a prism resolves a ray of light into constituent colors
Forms: Resolution (noun), Resolved (adjective)
HIGHLIGHT
Verb
Pronunciation: hahy-lahyt
Meaning: to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
Synonyms: accentuate, emphasize, feature, illuminate, stress
Antonyms: de-emphasize, play down
Usage: The chapters highlight the important role of parents in a child’s life
Forms: Highlight (noun), Highlighted (adjective)
