The table below lists pairs of related words. In the words in the left-hand column the vowel in the stressed syllable is eɪ, while for the words in the right-hand column it is æ.
eɪ | æ |
capacious | capacity |
cave | cavity |
chaste | chastity |
defame | defamatory |
exclaim | exclamatory |
explain | explanatory |
grade | gradual |
grain | granular |
grateful | gratitude |
grave | gravity |
humane | humanity |
inflame | inflammable |
mania | manic |
mendacious | mendacity |
opaque | opacity |
profane | profanity |
rabies | rabid |
radix | radical |
sagacious | sagacity |
sane | sanity |
tenacious | tenacity |
vain | vanity |
Note: the word rabid can also be pronounced ˈreɪbɪd.
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