Part 60 (1/2)

221 WORKS CHIEFLY OF FOREIGN pronUNCIATION:

WORD CORRECT pronUNCIATION bivouac _biv'wak_ charge d'affaires _shar zha'daffar'_ connoisseur _connissur_ dishabille _dis'abil_ ennui _onwe_, not _ongwe_ finale _finah'le_ foyer _fwaya'_ e _masahzh_ nave _nah'ev_ papier mache _papya mahsha_ piquant _pe'kant_ priime _razhem'_

222 WORDS OFTEN pronOUNCED WITH A WRONG NUMBER OF SYLLABLES:

aerial _aereal_, not _areal_ athlete two sylables, not _ath e lete_ attacked _attakt_, two syllables casualty _kazh'ualte_, not _ality_ conduit _condit_ or _kundit_, not _dooit_ different three syllables, not _diffrunt_ elm not _ellum_ helm not _hel um_ history three syllables, not _histry_ honorable not _honrable_ hygienic _hy gi en' ic_, four syllables interest not _intrust_ interesting not _intrusting_ ivory not _ivry_ omelet not _omlet_ realm not _rellum_ separable not _seprable_ ticklish two syllables, not _tickelish_ valuable _valuable_, not _valuble_ vaudeville _vodvil_ Zeus _zus_, not _zeus_

223 WORDS ACCENTED ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE:

admirable _ad'mirable_ alias _a'lias_ applicable _ap'plicable_ bicycle _bi'sikle_ chastisement _chas'tisement_ construe _con'strue_ despicable _des'picable_ desultory _des'ultory_ disputant _dis'putant_ exigency _ex'ijency_ explicable _ex'plicable_ exquisite _ex'quisite_ extant _ex'tant_ foron'dola_ harass _har'ass_ hospitable _hos'pitable_ impious _im'pious_, not _imp?ous_ industry _in'dustry_ inventory _in'ventory_ laatory _ob'ligatory_ pariah _pa'riah_ peremptory _per'emptory_ preferable _pref'erable_ Romola _Rom'ola_ vehemence _ve'hemence_

224 WORDS ACCENTED ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE:

WORD CORRECT pronUNCIATION abdomen _abdo'men_ acclimate _accli'mate_ acumen _acu'men_ albumen _albu'men_ artificer _artif'iser_ bitumen _bitu'men_ chicanery _shi+ka'nery_ illustrate _illus'trate_ incognito _inkog'nito_ incomparable _incom'parable_ indisputable _indis'putable_ inexorable _inex'orable_ inexplicable _inex'plicable_ inhospitable _inhos'pitable_ inquiry _inqui'ry_ irrevocable _irrev'ocable_ enous _nitroj'enous_ opponent _oppo'nent_ pianist _pian'ist_ refutable _refut'able_ syllabic _syllab'ic_ telegraphy _teleg'raphy_ vagary _vaga'ry_ Yosemite _yo swm' i te_

225 WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE:

address _address'_ adept _adept'_ adult _adult'_ ally _ally'_ commandant _commandant' (a as in arm)_ contour _contour'_ dessert _dessert'_ dilate _dilate'_ excise _eksiz'_ finance _finance'_ gririmace'_ importune _importune'_ occult _occult'_ pretence _pretence'_ research _research'_ robust _robust'_ romance _romance'_ tirade _tirade'_

226 WORDS WHOSE pronUNCIATION DEPENDS ON MEANING:

accent _Accent'_ the first syllable

Place the _ac'cent_ upon the first syllable

aged An _a'ged_ ed_ wine (one syllable)

blessed The _bless'ed_ saints

Let thee _con'trast_

_Contrast'_ the two

converse Did you _converse'_ with him?

Is the _con'verse_ true?

desert The sandy _des'ert_

They _desert'_ their friends