223. Words accented on the first syllable:
| admirable | ad'mirable |
| alias | ā'lias |
| applicable | ap'plicable |
| bicycle | bī'sĭkle |
| 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 |
| formidable | for'midable |
| Genoa | jen'ōa |
| gondola | gon'dōla |
| harass | har'ass |
| hospitable | hos'pitable |
| impious | im'pious, not impīous |
| industry | in'dustry |
| inventory | in'ventory |
| lamentable | lam'entable |
| mischievous | mis'chievous |
| obligatory | ob'ligatory |
| pariah | pa'riah |
| peremptory | per'emptory |
| preferable | pref'erable |
| Romola | Rōm'ola |
| vehemence | vē'hemence |
224. Words accented on the second syllable:
| Word | Correct Pronunciation |
| abdomen | abdō'men |
| acclimate | acclī'mate |
| acumen | acū'men |
| albumen | albū'men |
| artificer | artif'iser |
| bitumen | bitū'men |
| chicanery | shikā'nery |
| illustrate | illus'trate |
| incognito | ĭnkŏg'nĭtō |
| incomparable | incom'parable |
| indisputable | indis'putable |
| inexorable | inex'orable |
| inexplicable | inex'plicable |
| inhospitable | inhos'pitable |
| inquiry | inquī'ry |
| irrevocable | irrev'ocable |
| misconstrue | miscon'strue |
| nitrogenous | nītroj'enous |
| opponent | oppo'nent |
| pianist | pian'ist |
| refutable | refut'able |
| syllabic | syllab'ic |
| telegraphy | teleg'raphy |
| vagary | vagā'ry |
| Yosemite | yō sĕm' ĭ te |
225. Words accented on the last syllable:
226. Words whose pronunciation depends on meaning:
| accent | Accent' the first syllable. |
| Place the ac'cent upon the first syllable. |
| aged | An a'ged man. |
| Properly aged wine (one syllable). |