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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| seriousness | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| significance | x/xx | Noun |
| the matter | x/x | Phrase |
| mortality rate | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| decisive factor | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| heart attack | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| death penalty | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| sudden death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| blood poisoning | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| death toll | // | Phrase, Noun |
| terminally ill | /xxxx | Phrase, Adjective |
| mortally | /xx | Adverb |
| dangerousness | /xxx | Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| lifesaving | /xx | Noun |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun |
| tempt fate | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cardiac arrest | /xxx/ | Name, Name |
| survival | x/x | Noun |
| close call | // | Phrase, Noun |
| heart failure | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| death warrant | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| at stake | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| situational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| wrongful death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| endangering | x/xx | Verb |
| breaking point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| life support | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| death rate | // | Phrase, Noun |
| judgment day | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| panic attack | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| matters | /x | Noun |
| terminally | /xxx | Adverb |
| severity | x/xx | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| suicide | /xx | Noun |
| suffocation | xx/x | Noun |
| defining moment | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| insurmountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| heart disease | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| suicidal | xx/x | Adjective |
| crunch time | // | Phrase, Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| responsibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| consequentialist | xx/xx | Noun |
| risk factor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| life expectancy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| under pressure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| capital punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| immediate family | x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| critical point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| irreversible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| health care | // | Phrase, Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| activator | /xxx | Noun |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| addendum | x/x | Noun |
| adulthood | x/x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| affaire | x/ | Noun |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| against | x/ | Noun |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| agonising | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| alacrity | x/xx | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| allergen | /xx | Noun |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anima | /xx | Noun |
| animation | xx/x | Noun |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| antimatter | xx/x | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| apoptosis | xx/x | Noun |
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| asia | /x | Name |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| autobiography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| autonomy | x/xx | Noun |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| ballast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bargain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bedding | /x | Noun |
| being | /x | Noun |
| bereavement | x/x | Noun |
| biggie | /x | Noun |
| biography | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| biologic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| biology | x/xx | Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| brain | / | Noun, Verb |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| buoyancy | /xx | Noun |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| bury | /x | Verb, Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| carcinogen | x/xx | Noun |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carrion | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| casualties | /xxx | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chemistry | /xx | Noun |
| coexistence | xx/x | Noun |
| coin | / | Noun, Verb |
| combustible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| comparable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| competence | /xx | Noun |
| competency | /xxx | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| compound | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consciousness | /xx | Noun |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| constituents | x/xx | Noun |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contrived | x/ | Adjective |
| coroner | /xx | Noun |
| corps | / | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| cosmic | /x | Adjective |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cremation | x/x | Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daily | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| deaths | / | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| defying | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| delicacy | /xxx | Noun |
| deliverance | x/xx | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deposit | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| derives | x/ | Verb |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| determinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dimension | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disappearing | xx/x | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| dismemberment | x/xx | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| docket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| domain | x/ | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| dossier | x/ | Noun |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dread | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| durability | xx/xx | Noun |
| duration | //x | Noun |
| earth | / | Noun, Verb |
| eclipse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| elan | /x | Noun |
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| emanation | xx/x | Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| emphasis | /xx | Noun |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| endurance | /xx | Noun |
| energy | /xx | Noun |
| enthusiasm | x/xxx | Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| esprit | x/ | Noun |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| eternity | x/xx | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
