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USDict Pronunciation & Vocabulary

#10. X borrows the sounds of

Thursday

[E+X]+C./ek.s/ vs /1k.s/: Export/extra/expert/excise/excellent - Expose/extend/expect/excite/excel

9 words

excel /ɪk.sel/ excellent /ek.sə/ excise /ek.saɪz/ excite /ɪk.saɪt/ expect /ɪk.spekt/ Export /ek.spɑːrt/ Expose /ɪk.spou'z/ extend /ɪk.spekt/ extra /ek.strə/

[E+X]+V./ek.s/ vs /1g.z/: Execute/exodus/exhibition/exit - Executive/exhaust/exhibit/exist

8 words

Execute /ek.sə.kjut/ Executive /ɪg.ze.kə.tɪv/ exhaust /ɪg.zɑːst/ exhibit /ɪg.zɪ.bɪt/ exhibition /ek.sə.bɪ.fən/ exist /ɪg.zɪst/ exit /ek.zɪt/ exodus /ek.sə.dəs/

anxiety / >V+X/ks: Tax/Sex/text/Fix/minx

4 words

anxiety /æn,.zaɪ.ə.t,i/ Fix /fɪks/ Sex /seks/ Tax /tæks/

Box/Tuxedo/Coccyx/Sexual/anxious/Luxury/Luxurious/Exam

7 words

anxious /æn,k.fəs/ Box /baks/ Coccyx /kak.sɪks/ Exam /ɪg.zæm/ Luxurious /lʌg.z,u'r.i.əs/ Luxury /lʌk.z,ri/ Tuxedo /tʌk.si.dou'/

1. X/z: Xylophone

1 words

Xylophone /zaɪ.lə.fou'n/