They are all words
from the Greek.
Words ending in cious, sion, tion, etc.
The common termination is _tious,_ but there are a few words ending in
_cious,_ among them the following:
avaricious
pernicious
tenacious=
capricious
suspicious
precocious=
judicious
vicious
sagacious=
malicious
conscious
The endings _tion_ and _sion_ are both common; _sion_ usually being the
termination of words originally ending in _d, de, ge, mit, rt, se,_
and _so,_ as _extend---extension_.
_Cion_ and _cian_ are found only in a few words, such as _suspicion,
physician_. Also, while _tial_ is most common by far, we have _cial,_
as in _special, official,_ etc.
Special words with c sounded like s.
We have already given a list of simple words in which _c_ is used for
_s,_ but the following may be singled out because they are troublesome:
acquiesce
paucity
reticence
vacillate
coincidence=
publicity
license
tenacity
crescent
prejudice=
scenery
condescend
effervesce
proboscis
scintillate=
oscillate
rescind
transcend
Words with obscure Vowels.
The following words are troublesome because some vowel,
usually in the next to the last syllable unaccented,
is so obscured that the pronunciation does not give us a key to it:
a
almanac
apathy
avarice
cataract
citadel
dilatory
malady
ornament
palatable
propagate
salary
separate
extravagant=
e
celebrate
desecrate
supplement
liquefy
petroleum
rarefy
skeleton
telescope
tragedy
gayety
lineal
renegade
secretary
deprecate
execrate
implement
maleable
promenade
recreate
stupefy
tenement
vegetate
academy
remedy
revenue
serenade=
i
expiate
privilege
rarity
stupidity
verify
epitaph
retinue
nutriment
vestige
medicine
impediment
prodigy
serenity
terrify
edifice
orifice
sacrilege
specimen
Words ending in cy and sy.
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