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vowel consonant e
100

abusive

a bu sive

100

congestion

con jes tion

100

chance

chance

100

enormous

E norm us

100

stove

stove

200

captive

cap tive

200

suggestion

sug jes tion

200

dance

dance

200

miraculously

mEr ac U lus lE

200

lane

lane

300

adaptive

a dap tive

300

gesture

jes ture

300

maintenance

main ten ance

300

famously

fa mous ly

300

gene

gene

400

detective

de tec tive

400

digestion

dI jest shun

400

countenance

coun ten ance

400

adventurous

ad ven tur ous

400

ripe

ripe

500

explosive

ex plo sive

500

giant

gi ant

500

substance

sub stance

500

furious

fur i ous

500

flute

flute