According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "not all educated speakers pronounce words the same way."
| Lesson | Track | Time Signature | Spelling Word | Pronunciation on CD | An Alternate Pronunciation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 2, 3 | 0:18, 0:39 | indefatigable | ĭn-dě-fa-tee-gə-bəl | ĭn-dĭ-fat-ĭ-gə-bəl | |
| One | 2, 3 | 0:30, 1:02 | indubitable | ĭn-doo-bĭ-tuh-buhl | It is indubitable; this word was mispronounced one time within the contextual sentence. It was also misspelled by Dr. Webster when he orally sequenced the word on the CD. This has been fixed on newer discs. | |
| One | 2, 3 | 2:33, 3:02 | peregrinate | pěr-ěn-grə-nāt | pěr-ĭ-grə-nāt | |
| Two | 4 | 3:16 | allopathy | a-loh-pa-thee | uh-lŏp-uh-thee | |
| Three | 6, 7 | 0:08, 0:05 | divertissement | dĭs-vur-tĭs-muhnt |
dĭ-vur-tĭs-muhnt OR Fr. dee-ver-tees-mahn |
The speaker did, in fact, mispronounce this word on track 6. On track 7, the speaker again mispronounced the word, but differently than on track 6. Those of you who study ballet or a musical instrument recognize that divertissement came into the English language from the French. For this reason, interestingly, the word might not even appear in your home library’s dictionary. |
| Four | 8, 9 | 2:24, 2:13 | ratiocination | rey-shee-ŏ-suh-ney-shuhn | rash-ee-ŏ-suh-ney-shuhn | |
| Four | 8, 9 | 6:52, 6:36 | scion | skee-ŏn | sī-ən |
The bold syllable indicates a word's primary stress.
