STRESSFUL STRESS – ANSWERS

1. problematic / diplomatic / automatically / hypothetical (stress before ‘tic’)
2. typical / topical / tropical (stress before ‘pic’)
3. deficiency / proficiency / efficient (stress before ‘cien’)
4. employee / trainee / interviewee (stress on final ‘ee’)
5. recommendation / distribution / unconditional / completion (stress before ‘tion’)
6. ambiguous / deciduous / impetuous / obvious (stress before ‘uous / ious’)
7. instantaneous / simultaneous / extraneous (stress before ‘eous’)
8. actually / eventually / residual (stress before ‘ual’)
9. commercial / specially (stress before ‘cial’)
10. diversify / specify / clarify (stress before ‘ify’)

Syllabic Trips

1. theoretical (2 more)
2. femininity (1 more)
3. investment (1 less)
4. approximately (1 less)
5. presenters, programmers (1 less)
6. dilation (1 less)
7. compartment, government (1 less)
8. results (1 less)
9. change, exam (1 less)
10.  empiricism (1 more)
11. retina (1 more)
12. evolved (2 less)