Words Ending in GUE
In all words except one the UE is silent.
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These words include: analogue, catalogue, colleague, league, dialogue, epilogue,
fatigue, tongue, plague, intrigue, monologue, morgue, prologue, rogue,
travelogue, vague and vogue.
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The one exception is dengue which is pronounced as "deng-ge." Dengue is a high
fever disease caused by mosquitos and generally known as dengue fever.
Words Ending in TIAL
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There are some 118 of these.
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In most of these the TIAL gets pronounced as SHEL. These include deferential,
credential, essential, experiential, initial, partial, martial,
potential and many others.
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In those with an S in front of the TIAL the TIAL gets pronounced as CHOL. These
include bestial and celestial.
Words Ending in CANT and CENT
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There are about 50 ending with CENT. In these the CENT gets
pronounced as SENT.
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These include accent, adjacent, cent, ascent, decent, docent, innocent,
iridescent, lucent, nascent, percent, recent, relucent, reticent, translucent
and others.
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There are about 30 ending in CANT. In these the CANT gets pronounced
as KANT or KENT.
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Those getting pronounced as KANT include cant, decant, descant, recant, and
scant.
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Those getting pronounced as KENT include indicant, intoxicant, lubricant,
peccant, significant, secant, and vacant.
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