Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.

China expects to welcome back Indian students to resume their studies in the country.

cease

The most appropriate antonym of the underlined word resume in the given sentence is cease.

• Resume means to start again after a break.
• Cease means to stop or bring to an end.

The sentence states that China expects to welcome back Indian students to resume their studies in the country. This means that the students had stopped their studies in China, but China expects them to start studying again. The opposite of this would be to cease studying, which means to stop studying.

The other options are not antonyms of resume.

• Usher means to introduce or escort someone into a place.
• Presume means to take something for granted or to assume something without proof.
• Announce means to make a public statement about something.