English 2023 Q154: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

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Source: JAMB · 2023

Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  1. Parent
  2. Seldom
  3. Better
  4. embrace ✓
Explanation

Most two-syllable nouns carry the stress on the first syllable: PA-rent, SEL-dom, BET-ter.

embrace is a verb stressed on the second syllable: em-BRACE. That makes it the one with a different stress pattern.

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