Other words with one-syllable rhyming sounds are appeal \3-'pel\ (rhyming sound \el\), mongoose Vman,gus\ (rhyming sound \us\), and undergrad \'3n-d3r-,grad\ (rhyming sound \ad\). One-syllable rhyming sounds are found in one-syllable words, as in wide Vwld\ (rhyming sound \Id\), and in words in which the primary or secondary stress falls on the final syllable, as in Dundee \,d3n-'de\ or passkey \'pas-,ke\, both with rhyming sounds \e\.
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