The first.
The first syllable of the word abscess (ab) should be accented.
The second.
Just the first.
"Abscess" is pronounced with an accent on the first syllable.
Syllables in AbscessAbscess has two syllables: ab scess.The word abscess has two syllables. (ab' cess')
Abscess has two syllables.
The accented syllable is the second of the two syllables in the word because.
There is one accented syllable in the word "above," which falls on the first syllable "a-."
One
There are 2 syllables. Ab-scess.
The word circumstance has three syllables. It is accented like cir'-cum-stance.
The word restless has two syllables. rest-less (The root word rest is in bold because it is accented, or emphasized, louder than -less. -less is a suffix, and a suffix is never accented instead of the root word.)