Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms

the initial letter is not pronounced, but when these letters appear to­ gether in the middle of a word th firse t lette isr _ pronounced. An χ at the beginning of a word is pronounce zd a, bus t as ks when it ap­ pears elsewhere in a word. Whe doubln a e _c is followed b i_oyr y_, it is pronounced as ks. Accent. The accented syllable is either the penult or the antepenult (in very long ... ................
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