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Friday, May 30, 2008

GRE Vocabulary - diphthong monophthong

diphthong - complex speech sound of two merged vowels (ligature/digraph in speech), monosyllabic vowel that begins with one vowel and smoothly glides to the second,

monophthongs - pure vowels with one target tongue position
diphthongs - vowel sounds with two target tongue positions

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