_Don Juan_ or _hooan_
drought _drowt_
drouth _drowth_
extempore _extempore_ (four syllables)
familiarity _familyarity_
gaol _jal_
genealogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_
gemus _genyus_
Gloucester _gloster_
gooseberry _gooz_, not _goos_
Hawaiian _Hawi'yan_ (_a_ as in _arm_)
Helena _hel'ena_ (except _St. Hele'na_)
inconvenience _inconvenyence_
Israel _izrael_, not _issrael_
jeans _janes_
joust _just_ or _joost_
larynx _lar'inx'_ or _la'rinx_, not _larnix_
literature _literature_, or _choor_
Messrs. _meshyerz_ or _mesyerz_
Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_
nature _nature_, or _choor_
oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_
orchid _orkid_
oust _owst_, not _oost_
peculiar _peculyar_
pecuniary _pekun'yari_
perspiration not _prespiratian_
prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_
pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_
saucy not _sassy_
schedule _skedyul_
semi not _semi_
theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_
turgid _turjid_
usage _uzage_
usurp _uzurp_
vermilion _vermilyun_
wife's not _wives_
Xerxes _zerxes_

220. WORDS WITH A SILENT LETTER:

almond _ahmund_
chasten _chasen_
chestnut _chesnut_
glisten _glissen_
kiln _kill_
often _ofen_
ostler _osler_
poignant _poin'ant_
psalter _sawlter_
salmon _samun_
schism _sism_
soften _sofen_
subtle _sutle_
sword _sord_
thyme _time_
toward _tord_

221. WORKS CHIEFLY OF FOREIGN PRONUNCIATION:

WORD CORRECT PRONUNCIATION
bivouac _biv'wak_
charge d'affaires _shar zha'daffar'_
connoisseur _connissur_
dishabille _dis'abil_
ennui _onwe_, not _ongwe_
finale _finah'le_
foyer _fwaya'_
massage _masahzh_
naive