Lesson 131
Other examples in which final tion is pronounced shun.
| men’tion | ab strac’tion | ed u ca’tion |
| sec’tion | at trac’tion | em ula’tion |
| frac’tion | de trac’tion | ex cla ma’tion |
| dic’tion | dis trac’tion | ex pec ta’tion |
| fic’tion | ex trac’tion | ex por ta’tion |
| fric’tion | in frac’tion | fer men ta’tion |
| junc’tion | pro trac’tion | gen er a’tion |
| ac’tion | re frac’tion | grav i ta’tion |
| cap’tion | re trac’tion | hab i ta’tion |
| op’tion | con trac’tion | il lus tra’tion |
| fac’tion | sub trac’tion | im por ta’tion |
Lesson 132.
Examples in which sci, ti, and ci have the sound of sh.
| auc’tion | au da’cious | ab er ra’tion |
| cau’tion | ca pa’cious | ad mi ra’tion |
| cau’tious | ve ra’cious | ad o ra’tion |
| gla’cial | fal la’cious | ad u la’tion |
| gra’cious | fu ga’cious | ag gra va’tion |
| spa’cious | lo qua’cious | ap pli ca’tion |
| Gre’cian | ra pa’cious | ap pro ba’tion |
| spe’cious | sa ga’cious | prep a ra’tion |
| par’tial | te na’cious | pres er va’tion |
| con’science | vi va’cious | proc la ma’tion |
| spe’cie | vo ra’cious | prof a na’tion |