In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern.

Adex_01

7 months ago

The odd word is “despite.”
This is because despite has its stress on the second syllable (de-SPITE), while the other words — petrol, wardrobe, and vomit — all have their primary stress on the first syllable (PE-trol, WAR-drobe, VO-mit).
Therefore, Option A has a different stress pattern.