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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| accentuated | x/xxx | Verb |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adams | /x | Name |
| alert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| american indian | x/xx/xx | Name, Name, Adjective |
| appreciable | x/xx | Adjective |
| articulated | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| astringent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| astute | x/ | Adjective |
| austronesian | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| basque | / | Name, Adjective |
| batteries | /xx | Noun |
| bibles | /x | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bilingual | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blade | / | Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blurred | / | Adjective |
| blurry | /x | Adjective |
| bottoms | /x | Noun |
| breast | / | Noun, Verb |
| breathtaking | /xx | Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brusque | / | Adjective, Verb |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| burton | /x | Name |
| called | / | Adjective |
| cameron | /xx | Name |
| campbell | /x | Name |
| carey | /x | Name |
| caucasian | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| cell | / | Noun, Verb |
| cheek | / | Noun, Verb |
| chic | / | Adjective, Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clapper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clarke | / | Name |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| clever | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| collins | /x | Name |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| cooper | /x | Name, Verb |
| corns | / | Noun |
| corresponding | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cracking | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| creole | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crisp | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cunning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| dial | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| discerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| discriminating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| distinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dizzying | /xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dravidian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| eat | / | Verb, Noun |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| epiphytic | x//x | Adjective, Noun |
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| exponential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fancy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| flagged | / | Adjective |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| flicker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flicking | /x | Noun |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| forte | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| giddy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| glaring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| gymnastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hash | / | Noun, Verb |
| hawkins | /x | Name |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hefty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| holding | /x | Noun |
| holmes | / | Name |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| homogenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| honed | / | Adjective |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| huge | / | Adjective |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| iced | / | Adjective |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| insightful | /xx | Adjective |
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| interlanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| intonational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun |
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb |
| knife | / | Noun, Verb |
| labelled | /x | Adjective |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| langue | / | Noun |
| lap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lens | / | Noun, Verb |
| lick | / | Verb, Noun |
| lightly | /x | Adverb |
| lingua | /x | Noun |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| lips | / | Noun, Verb |
| lit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lucid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| lug | / | Noun, Verb |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mandarin | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| markup | /x | Noun |
| massive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| maternity | x/xx | Noun |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| minority | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| mint | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| monolingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mother tongue | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mould | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouthpiece | /x | Noun |
| multicultural | xx/xx | Adjective |
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| native | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| needle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| net | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| notable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| noteworthy | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| noticeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| oar | / | Noun, Verb |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| palate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pancake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| panhandle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| papuan | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| parker | /x | Name |
| parlance | /x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun, Verb |
| pencil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| penetrating | /xxx | Adjective |
| penetrative | /xxx | Adjective |
| perceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| percussive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| phonetics | x/x | Noun |
| pier | / | Noun |
| pierce | / | Noun, Verb |
| pile | / | Noun, Verb |
| pin | / | Noun, Verb |
| pink | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| pointy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| potent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| preschool | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preservice | x/x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prominent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pronounced | x/ | Adjective |
| prospective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| puddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pungent | /x | Adjective |
| quick | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| race | / | Noun, Verb |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rapid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| razor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| regimented | /xxx | Adjective |
| remarkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| respiratory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| responsive | x/x | Adjective |
| roberts | /x | Name |
| robinson | /xx | Name |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| rogers | /x | Name |
| root | / | Noun, Verb |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| russell | /x | Name |
| salient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| salt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| scott | / | Name |
| scratching | /x | Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| serrated | /xx | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sharpe | / | Name, Adjective |
| sharpened | /x | Adjective |
| sharper | /x | Noun |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| shrill | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| silence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sizeable | /xx | Adjective |
| skate | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| skid | / | Noun, Verb |
| slender | /x | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| snapping | /x | Noun |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sour | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| specific | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| spectacular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spit | / | Verb, Noun |
| stabbing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| stack | / | Noun, Verb |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stewart | /x | Name |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| striking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| supervised | /xx | Adjective |
| tab | / | Noun, Verb |
| tails | / | Noun |
| talk | / | Verb, Noun |
| tapered | /x | Adjective |
| tart | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| taste | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| teeth | / | Noun, Verb |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| thompson | /x | Name |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| tied | / | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tip | / | Noun, Verb |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| trail | / | Noun, Verb |
| treble | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| tremendous | x/x | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| vast | / | Adjective, Noun |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| vertiginous | /xxx | Adjective |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| vibrant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vigilant | /xx | Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| vivid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| voice | / | Noun, Verb |
| wet | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| whistle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wilson | /x | Name |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| wright | / | Name, Verb |
