Vocabulary Words 2

Front 1

Words such as deafen and cycle

Back 1

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: ensordecer

Front 2

Words that fulfil these conditions

Back 2

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: cumplen/cumplir

Front 3

This is a phenomenon whereby a voiceless consonant becomes voiced

Back 3

Part of speech: conjunction

Spanish: por el cual

Front 4

Even to the linguistically naive,…

Back 4

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: principiante, aprendiz

Front 5

to utter words or syllables

Back 5

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: pronunciar

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This is often misunderstood as “lazy” or “sloppy” speech

Back 6

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: descuidado

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it by no means marks a speaker as inarticulate or nonstandard

Back 7

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: inarticulado

Front 8

Although at first glance, word stress

Back 8

Part of speech: phrase

Spanish: a primera vista

Front 9

this definition is not exactly borne out by phonetic facts

Back 9

Part of speech: adjective, phrasal verb

Spanish: corroborada

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stress involves a greater outlay of energy

Back 10

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: gasto

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most of these are not readily discernible to the ear

Back 11

Part of speech: adverb

Spanish: fácilmente

Front 12

Stress placement in English words is closely tied to the rather colorful history

Back 12

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: ligada

Front 13

NAE is very much a “melting pot” language

Back 13

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: crisol

Front 14

As a rule of thumb, the longer a borrowed word has been in English,

Back 14

Part of speech: phrase

Spanish: una regla general

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word sequences that resemble compounds

Back 15

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: se parecen

Front 16

the speaker’s comment is neutral or perfunctory

Back 16

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: superficial

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In contrast, the flatter, drawn out intonation of the last statement signifies

Back 17

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: prolongado, pausado

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Such contours span the range of

Back 18

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: abarcan

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Pitch and prominence can be said to have a symbiotic relationship

Back 19

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: simbiótica

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if the addressee also knows the answer

Back 20

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: destinatario

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in an ongoing conversation

Back 21

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: en curso, continua

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the speakers intention may override typical patterns

Back 22

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: anular

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statements are sometimes marked such that one constituent

Back 23

Part is speech: noun

Spanish: componente

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just as soon as it arrives in the warehouse

Back 24

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: almacén

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I’m never eating clams again

Back 25

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: almejas

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Instead, it interpolates

Back 26

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: interpola

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to receive special prosodic attention

Back 27

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: prosódica

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where a high plateau is maintained instead of a final fall

Back 28

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: meseta

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B is a front-desk clerk

Back 29

Part of speech: noun

Spanish: recepcionista

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next leaps to the stressed extra-high tone

Back 30

Part of speech: verb

Spanish: salta

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in the case of coalescent assimilation

Back 31

Part of speech: adjective

Spanish: coalescente