allay /ə'le/
appreciate /ə'priʃiet/
accede /æk'sid/ /ək'sid/ Both OK. accept /ək'sɛpt/
acknowledge /ək'nɑlɪdʒ/ actually /'æktʃuəli/ /'ækʃuəli/ /'ækʃli/ All OK. address (as a verb) /ə'drɛs/ /'ædrɛs/ Both OK. access /'æksɛs/ adult /əˈdʌlt/ adverse /'ædvɝs/ /əd'vɝs/ Both OK. affluence [ˈæfluənts] allay /ə'le/ amateur /ˈæmətʃɚ)/ amenable /ə'mɛnəbḷ/ amenity /ə'mɛnəti/ anarchy /'ænɚki/ /'ænɑrki/ Both OK.
answering [ˈæntsrɪŋ] [ˈænsərɪŋ] Both OK, the second is more formal accelerate /ək'sɛləret/ /ɪk'sɛləret/ /æk'sɛləret/ All OK.
accentuate /ək'sɛntʃuet/ /ɪk'sɛntʃuet/ /æk'sɛntʃuet/ All OK.
access /'æksɛs/
accessible /ək'sɛsəbḷ/ /ɪk'sɛsəbḷ/ /æk'sɛsəbḷ/ All OK.
accessory /ək'sɛsəri/ /ɪk'sɛsəri/ /æk'sɛsəri/ All OK.
acclimate /'ækləmet/
accolade /ˈækəled/
antedate /æntɪ'det/ /æntə'det/ Both OK, and /'æntɪdet/
cigarette /sɪgəˈrɛt/ or /'sɪgərɛt/ depending on the context
annex /ə'nɛks/ /'ænɛks/ First is verb, second is noun.
apotheosis /əpɑθi'osəs/
actuarial [ˌæktʃuˈɛriəl]
adept [əˋdɛpt]
aeronautics /ɛrə'nɔtɪks/
agape /ɑ'gɑpe/
alienate /'eliənet/
ally noun: [ˋælaɪ] verb: [əˋlaɪ]
almond /'ɑmənd/ /'ɑlmənd/ Both OK, I say the second.
alms /ɑmz/ /ɑlmz/ Both OK, I say the second.
amateur [ˋæmə͵tʃɚ]
ambience /'æmbiənts/
arbitrary /'ɑrbətrɛri/
boisterous /'bɔɪstrəs/
badinage /bædəˈnɑʒ/
cantata /kən'tɑtə/
casualty /'kæʒulti/
clog /klɔg/
coordinate [ko'ɔrdənet]
centrifugal /sɛn'trɪfjəgḷ/
confederacy /kən'fɛdərəsi/
conference /'kɑnfrənts/ /'kɑnfərənts/ Both OK.
decoy /'dikɔɪ/
defalcate [dɪˈfælˌket] [dɛˈfɔlˌket] Either is OK - this is only passive vocabulary for me if even that - I don't use it.
demarcate /'dimɑrket/
debouch [dɪˈbuʃ]
debris /də'bri/ /'debri/ /de'bri/ All OK.
debut /de'bju/
decibel /'dɛsəbəl/
despicably [də'spɪkəbli]
detonation /dɛtṇ'neʃən/
detour /'ditʊr/ /dɪ'tʊr/ Both OK
demarcate /'dɪmɑrˈket/ /'dimɑrˈket/ Both OK.
didactic/də'dæktɪk/
dissociation [dɪsoʃiˈeʃən] [dɪsosiˈeʃən] Both OK.
dissolve /dɪ'zɔlv/ /dɪ'zɑlv/ Both OK.
education [͵ɛdʒuˋkeʃən] [͵ɛdʒəˋkeʃən] Both OK, first is more formal.
enthusiastic [ɛn͵θuziˋæstɪk]
expatiate /ɛk'speʃiet/
expatriate /ɛks'petriət/
expiation [ˌɛkspiˈeʃən]
explicable /ɛk'splɪkəbḷ/
extrinsic /ɛk'strɪnsɪk/
eschew /ɛs'tʃu/
espionage /'ɛspiənɑʒ/
espouse /ɪs'paus/
estranged /ə'strendʒd/ /ɪ'strendʒd/ Both OK.oblation [oˈbleʃən] [obˈleʃən] Same to me.
extricable [ˈɛkstrəkəbḷ]
exuberance [ɪgˈzubərənts]
finance /fəˈnænts/ /faɪˈnænts/ /ˈfaɪnænts/ All possible, depends on context.
February /'fɛbruwɛri/ /'fɛbrəwɛri/ /'fɛbjəwɛri/ All OK.
foliage /'foliədʒ/
garrulity [gəˈruləti]
gaudy /'gɔdi/
general /'dʒɛnərəl/ /'dʒɛnrəl/ Both OK; the first is more formal. granary /'grenəri/
gratis /'grætəs/
hegemony /hɪ'dʒɛməni/
hysteria /hɪ'stɛriə/ /hɪ'stɪriə/ Both OK.
haughty /'hɔti/
haunt /hɔnt/
hauteur /o'tɝ/
ineffectual /ɪnə'fɛktʃʊəl/
inertia [ɪ'nɝʃə] [ɪ'nɝʃiə] Both OK.
inexorable [ɪn'ɛgzərəb!]
inexplicable [ɪnɪk'splɪkəb!]
infatuation [ɪn͵fætʃu'eʃən]
intricacy /ˈɪntrɪkəsi/ /ˈɪntrəkəsi/ Both OK.
largess [lɑr'ʒɛs]
lexicon /ˈlɛksəkən/ /ˈlɛksəkɑn/ Both OK.
libido /lə'bido/
lasso /'læso/ /læ'su/ Both OK.
malleable /'mæliəbḷ/
modicum /'mɑdɪkəm/ /'mɑdəkəm/ Both OK.
month /mʌnθ/ /mʌntθ/ Both are OK.
months /mʌns/ /mʌnts/ /mʌntθs/ All are OK.
Mrs /'mɪsəz/
obdurate /'ɑbdjərət/
oar /ɔr/ /or/ Both OK.
oatmeal /'otmil/
obelisk /'obəlɪsk/
olfactory /ol'fæktəri/ or /ol'fæktri/
obedient /o'bidiənt/
obeisance /o'besṇts/
obfuscate /'ɑbfʌsket/
obituary /o'bɪtʃuˈɛri/
overt /o'vɝt/
overture/'ovɚtʃɚ/
painstaking /'penztekɪŋ/
palliative /'pælietɪv/
perpetual /pɚ'pɛtʃuwəl/
pulpit /ˈpʌlpət/
pyromania /paɪro'meniə/ /paɪrə'meniə/ Both OK.
persecute /'pɝsəkjut/
persiflage [ˈpɝsɪˌflɑʒ] or [ˈpɝsəˌflɑʒ]
personable /'pɝsənəbḷ/
periphery /pə'rɪfəri/
perjury /'pɝdʒəri/
poseur /po'zɝ/
personnel /ˈpɝsə'nɛl/
possessed /pə'zɛst/
propitiate /prə'pɪʃiet/ /pro'pɪʃiet/ Both OK.
prosaic /pro'zeɪk/
patina /pə'tinə/
reprise /rɪ'priz/ /rɪ'praɪz/ Both OK.
reptile /'rɛptaɪl/
salve /sæv/
sinecure /ˈsɪnɪkjʊr/
sinew /'sɪnju/
spontaneity /spɑntə'neəti/
sequestrate /siˈkwəstret/ /sɪˈkwəstret/
shibboleth /'ʃɪbəlɛθ/ /'ʃɪbələθ/ Both OK.
status [ˋstætəs] [ˋstetəs] Both OK, I seem to use the second more often.
summarily [sʌˈmɛrəli]
succinct /sək'sɪŋkt/
suffrage /'sʌfrɪdʒ/
summary /'sʌməri/ /'sʌmri/
sumptuous /'sʌmptʃuəs/
tawdry /'tɔdri/ (I will usually pick /ɔ/ where there's a choice; /ɑ/ is mostly used by people who don't distinguish /ɔ/ from /ɑ/) tempestuous /tɛm'pɛstʃuəs/
tenet /'tɛnət/
tenure /'tɛnjɚ/
turquoise /'tɝkwɔɪz/
tresses /'trɛsəz/
tureen /tə'rin/ /tu'rin/ Both OK.
turret /'tɝrət/ /'tɝət/ /'tɝɪt/ All the same to me.
tuxedo /tʌk'sido/ /tək'sido/ Both OK - they're almost the same.
venial /'viniəl/
vaporous /'vepərəs/ /'veprəs/ Both OK.
variegate [ˈvɛriəˌget]
variegation [ˌvɛriəˈgeʃən]
vehicle /'viəkḷ/, but /'vihɪkḷ/ is also common in the US
verbiage /'vɝbiədʒ/
willowy /'wɪloi/ /'wɪləwi/: both are OK, I prefer the first.
withdraw /wɪθ'drɔ/
withhold /wɪθ'hold/
withstand /wɪθ'stænd/
wizened /'wɪzṇd/
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I ate an apple / aɪ e tæ næpḷ/ /aɪ e tə næpḷ/ Both OK.
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