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10. -ize verb suffix

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11. venter, ventris belly

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12. -ic adjective suffix

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13. -ous adjective suffix

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14. con-, col-, com-, cor- with, together

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15. -al adjective suffix

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16. -ism noun suffix

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WORKING WITH THE WORDS

Can you pronounce the words?

1. taciturnity tas-Ə-TURN′-Ə-tee

2. tacit TAS′-it

3. tacitness TAS′-Ət-nƏs

4. reticent RET′-Ə-sƏnt

5. reticence RET′-Ə-sƏns

6. reticency RET′-Ə-sƏn-see

7. loquaciousness lō-KWAY′-shƏs-nƏs

8. loquacity lō-KWAS′-Ə-tee

9. soliloquy sƏ-LIL′-Ə-kwee

10. soliloquist sƏ-LIL′-Ə-kwist

11. soliloquize sƏ-LIL′-Ə-kwīz′