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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| intense | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| perceptive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| penetrative | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| discriminating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| penetrating | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| ague | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sharp | / | Verb, Adjective |
| pointed | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| subacute | /x/ | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| piercing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| fulminant | /xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| symptomatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| suppurative | x/xx | Noun |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| cerebral | /xx | Adjective |
| transient | /x | Noun |
| neonatal | xx/x | Adjective |
| exacerbation | xxx/x | Noun |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| haemorrhagic | /x/x | Adjective |
| febrile | /x | Adjective |
| systemic | x/x | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| ischaemic | //x | Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| visceral | /xx | Adjective |
| subclinical | x/xx | Adjective |
| delirium | x/xx | Noun |
| posttraumatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| sepsis | /x | Noun |
| clinical | /xx | Adjective |
| ischemic | x/x | Noun |
| delirious | x/xx | Adjective |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective |
| pulmonary | /xxx | Noun |
| short | / | Adjective |
| curt | / | Noun |
| quick | / | Adjective |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| instant | /x | Noun |
| momentary | /xxx | Adjective |
| telegraphic | /xxx | Noun |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| compact | /x | Noun |
| rapid | /x | Adjective |
| abbreviated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| snappy | /x | Adjective |
| fleeting | /x | Adjective |
| evanescent | xx/x | Adjective |
| stabbing | /x | Noun |
| smart | / | Name |
| snell | / | Name |
| brisk | / | Adjective |
| cute | / | Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective |
| biting | /x | Adjective |
| astringent | x/x | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| clear | / | Adjective |
| dapper | /x | Noun |
| nimble | /x | Adjective |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective |
| agile | /x | Adjective |
| pulsed | / | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| tort | / | Noun |
| shrill | / | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective |
| peaked | / | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| pale | / | Adjective |
| stubbed | / | Verb |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| acrid | /x | Adjective |
| lash | / | Noun |
| truncated | /xx | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| quicksilver | //x | Noun |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| bold | / | Adjective |
| apex | /x | Adverb |
| lymphoblastic | xx/x | Noun |
| appendicitis | xxx/x | Noun |
| cholecystitis | /xx/x | Noun |
| sinusitis | /x/x | Verb |
| ovate | /x | Verb |
| enteritis | xx/x | Verb |
| myocardial | xx/xx | Noun |
| nephritis | //x | Verb |
| diverticulitis | xx/x/x | Noun |
| pancreatitis | xx/xx | Noun, Verb |
| myelitis | /x/x | Noun |
| leukemia | x/xx | Noun |
| leukaemia | //xx | Noun |
| tonsillitis | xx/x | Noun |
| hemorrhagic | xx/x | Noun |
| porphyria | xx/x | Noun |
| pyelonephritis | x/x//x | Noun |
| pid | / | Name |
| gastroenteritis | xxxx/x | Noun |
| encephalitis | xxx/x | Verb |
| laryngitis | xx/x | Noun |
| rheumatism | /xxx | Noun |
| encephalomyelitis | xxx//x/x | Verb |
| infarction | x/x | Noun |
| angle | /x | Verb |
| itp | / | Name |
| abject | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| accentuated | x/xxx | Verb |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| aggravated | /xxx | Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| congestive | x/x | Adjective |
| conspicuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| croup | / | Noun, Verb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| enormous | x/x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fistulae | /xx | Noun |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| glaring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gram | / | Noun |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| harrowing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| huge | / | Adjective |
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| imperative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| incapacitating | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| infection | x/x | Noun |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| metabolic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| multisystem | /xxx | Adjective |
| noninfectious | xx/x | Adjective |
| obstruction | x/x | Noun |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| outstanding | x/x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prominent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pronounced | x/ | Adjective |
| respiratory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sarcoidosis | x/x/x | Noun |
| screeching | /x | Noun |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| septic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sudden | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| syphilis | /xx | Noun |
| tapered | /x | Adjective |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| topical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| treble | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| vascular | /xx | Adjective |
| viral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
