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WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE SECOND.
ar-rī-val, ap-pro̤ v-al, co-ē-val, re-fū-sal, re-pri-sal, pe-rṳ- sal, de-crē-tal, re-çi-tal, re-qui-tal, prī-me-val, un-e-qual co-e-qual, re-new-al, ī-dē-al, il-le-gal, de-nī-al, de-cri-al, tri-bū-nal, a-cu-men, le-gu-men, dis-sēi-zin, in-çī-sor, cre- ā-tor, spec-ta-tor, dic-ta-tor, tes-ta-tor, en-vī-ron, pa-gō-dȧ, tor-pē-do, bra-vā-do, tor-na-do, lum-ba-go, vī-ra-go, far- ra-go, pro-vī-so, po-tā-to, oc-ta-vo, sub-scrī-ber, re-vi-val, en-dān-ġer, de-çī-pher, ma-neū-ver, hī-ā-tus, quī-ē-tus, con-fess-or, ag-gress-or, suc-çess-or, pre-fig-ūre, dis-fig- ūre, trans-fi-gūre, con-ject-ūre, de-bent-ūre, in-dent-ūre, en-rapt-ūre, con-text-ūre, com-mixt-ūre, con-tin-ūe, for- bid-ding, un-ĕr-ring, pro-çeed-ing, ex-çeed-ing, sub-al- tern, es-pou-sal, en-coun-ter, ren-coun-ter, a-vow-al, ad- vow-son, dis-loy-al, dis-coŭr-aġe, en-cour-aġe, mo-las-ses, de-pärt-ūre.
We often wait for the arrival of the mail. Coeval signifies of the same age. Reprisal is seizing anything from an enemy in retalia- tion. An incisor is a fore tooth. Our blood is often chilled at the re- cital of acts of cruelty. Primeval denotes what was first or original. A tribunal is a court for deciding causes. Acumen denotes quick- ness of perception. Illegal is the same as unlawful. It is illegal to steal fruit from another’s orchard or garden. Molasses is the syrup, which drains from sugar when it is cooling. The potato is a native plant of America.
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