Look up the following words in a dictionary and find out how to pronounce them. Pay attention to how many syllables there are in each word, and find out which syllable is stressed, or said more forcefully.
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Palpitations interfere implore thoroughbred pedigree principle evidence misfortune malicious embezzlement architect neighbours accustomed temporary behaviour documents |
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Words |
Pronunciation |
Syllables |
Stress Or More forcefully |
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Palpitations |
IkyfiVs'kal |
Pal-pi-ta-tions (4) |
T |
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Interfere |
In-ter-fere (3) |
F |
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Implore |
Im-plore (2) |
P |
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Thoroughbred |
Thorough-bred (2) |
B |
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pedigree |
Pe-di-gree (3) |
B |
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Principle |
Prin-ci-ple (3) |
P |
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Evidence |
Evi-dence (2) |
D |
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Misfortune |
Mis-for-tune (3) |
f-t |
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Malicious |
Ma-li-cious (3) |
M |
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Embezzlement |
Em-be-zzle-ment (4) |
b |
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Architect |
Archi-tect (2) |
a |
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Neighbours |
Neigh-bours (2) |
n |
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Accustomed |
Accus-tomed (2) |
k |
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Temporary |
Tem-po-rary (3) |
t |
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Behaviour |
Be-ha-viour (3) |
h |
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Documents |
Do-cu-ments (3) |
d |