Choose the word in which the primary stress falls on the first syllable.
AnecessaryCORRECT
Bremember
Ccomputer
Dessential
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
'Necessary' is stressed on the first syllable: NEC-es-sar-y. 'Essential' (es-SEN-tial), 'remember' (re-MEM-ber) and 'computer' (com-PU-ter) all carry the primary stress on the second syllable.
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