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USDict Pronunciation & Vocabulary

#13. Same Suffixes - Different Sounds

Sunday

A group 2: donate(v)/private(adj)/senate(n)/safe/cafe/seminar/popular/morale/exhale/engage/massage/message/deal/real/known/renown

12 words

cafe /kæ.feɪ/ deal /dil/ donate /dou'.neɪt/ engage /ɪn.geɪdz,/ exhale /eks.heɪl/ known /nou'n/ message /me.sɪdz,/ popular /pa.pju.lər/ private /praɪ.vət/ renown /rɪ.nau'n/ seminar /se.mə.nar/ senate /se.nət/

A group: Anal/canal/banal/ache/cache/attach/spinach/stomach/bias/alias/hard/ward/toward/forward

9 words

alias /eɪ.li.əs/ Anal /eɪ.nəl/ attach /ə.tætf/ banal /bə.nal/ bias /baɪ.əs/ cache /kaɪf/ canal /kə.næl/ forward /fɑːr.wərd/ spinach /spɪ.nɪtf/

E group: Buffet/forget/ticket/helmet/hotel/model/very/every/were/where/desert(n)/dessert(n)/near/wear

7 words

Buffet /bə.feɪ/ dessert /dɪ.zərt/ forget /fər.get/ model /ma.dəl/ near /nɪr/ ticket /tɪ.kɪt/ where /wer/

I group 2: advice/prejudice/reptile/hostile/previous/precious/triple/disciple/principle/advertise/expertise/petite/appetite/gin/begin

12 words

advertise /æd.vər.taɪz/ appetite /æ.pə.taɪt/ disciple /dɪ.saɪ.pəl/ expertise /ek.spər.tiz/ hostile /has.təl/ petite /pə.tit/ precious /pre.fəs/ prejudice /pre.dz,ə.dəs/ previous /pri.vi.əs/ principle /prɪn.sə.pəl/ reptile /rep.taɪ.əl/ triple /trɪ.pəl/

I group: Limb/climb/hint/pint/alive/olive/naive/ratio/patio/elite/polite/dual/gradual/police/office

14 words

alive /ə.laɪv/ climb /klaɪm/ dual /du.əl/ elite /i.lit/ gradual /græ.dz,u.əl/ hint /hɪnt/ Limb /lɪm/ naive /naɪ.iv/ office /a.fɪs/ olive /a.lɪv/ patio /pæ.t,i.ou'/ pint /paɪnt/ polite /pə.laɪt/ ratio /reɪ.fou'/

O group 2: done/condone/cough/tough/dough/bough/though/through/brought/drought/grown/drown/low

10 words

bough /bau'/ brought /brɑːt/ condone /kən.dou'n/ dough /dou'/ drought /drau't/ drown /drau'n/ grown /grou'n/ though /d'ou'/ through /θru/ tough /tʌf/

O group: Control/symbol/menthol/protocol/robot/depot/pilot/cost/most/moth/both/bomb/tomb/comb

13 words

bomb /bam/ both /bou'θ/ comb /kou'm/ Control /kən.trou'l/ cost /kast/ depot /di.pou'/ menthol /men.θɑːl/ most /hou'st/ moth /mɑːθ/ pilot /paɪ.lət/ protocol /prou'.t,ə.kal/ robot /rou'.bat/ tomb /tum/

U group: Dull/pull/reduce/lettuce/rebut/debut/minute(n)/minute(adj)/fistful(n)/painful(adj)/assuage/language

7 words

assuage /ə.sweɪdz,/ fistful /fɪst.fu'l/ language /læn,.gwɪdz,/ lettuce /le.tɪs/ minute /mɪ.nɪt/ rebut /rɪ.bʌt/ reduce /rɪ.dus/