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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| espouse | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| assume | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| borrow | /x | Verb, Verb |
| dramatize | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| acquire | x/x | Verb, Verb |
| follow | /x | Verb, Verb |
| take | / | Verb, Verb |
| take in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| take on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| take up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| native | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| implement | /xx | Verb |
| employ | x/ | Verb |
| develop | x/x | Verb |
| embrace | x/ | Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| incorporate | x/xx | Verb |
| enact | x/ | Verb |
| promulgate | x/x | Verb |
| adapt | x/ | Verb |
| introduce | xx/ | Verb |
| propose | x/ | Verb |
| deploy | x/ | Verb |
| codify | /xx | Verb |
| foster | /x | Name |
| emulate | /xx | Verb |
| approve | x/ | Verb |
| institutionalize | xx/xxx | Verb |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| enforce | x/ | Verb |
| utilize | /xx | Verb |
| integrate | /xx | Verb |
| devise | x/ | Verb |
| reintroduce | xxx/ | Verb |
| relinquish | x/x | Verb |
| encourage | x/x | Verb |
| rethink | x/ | Verb |
| renounce | x/ | Verb |
| impose | x/ | Verb |
| eschew | x/ | Verb |
| pursue | x/ | Verb |
| establish | x/x | Verb |
| reexamine | xx/x | Verb |
| prescribe | x/ | Verb |
| formulate | /xx | Verb |
| abandon | x/x | Verb |
| apply | x/ | Verb |
| accept | x/ | Verb |
| revise | x/ | Verb |
| conform | x/ | Verb |
| choose | / | Verb |
| inculcate | /xx | Verb |
| modernize | /xx | Verb |
| repudiate | x/xx | Verb |
| advocated | /xxx | Verb |
| reevaluate | xx/xx | Verb |
| modify | /xx | Verb |
| forgo | x/ | Verb |
| adhere | x/ | Verb |
| promote | x/ | Verb |
| revert | x/ | Verb |
| imitate | /xx | Verb |
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb |
| reformulate | x/xx | Verb |
| acquiesce | xx/ | Verb |
| undertake | /xx | Verb |
| formalize | /xx | Verb |
| standardize | /xx | Verb |
| evolve | x/ | Verb |
| uphold | x/ | Verb |
| seek | / | Verb |
| move | / | Noun |
| initiate | x/xx | Verb |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| evaluate | x/xx | Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| embody | x/x | Verb |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| harmonize | /xx | Verb |
| relocate | x/x | Verb |
| amalgamate | x/xx | Verb |
| undergo | xx/ | Verb |
| persuade | x/ | Verb |
| compel | x/ | Verb |
| leapfrog | /x | Noun |
| procure | x/ | Verb |
| reassess | xx/ | Verb |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| proscribe | x/ | Verb |
| forced | / | Verb |
| maintain | x/ | Verb |
| marry | /x | Verb |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| create | x/ | Verb |
| shun | / | Noun |
| teach | / | Verb |
| submit | x/ | Verb |
| mandating | /xx | Verb |
| jettison | /xx | Noun |
| change | / | Noun |
| operationalize | xx/xxx | Verb |
| tolerate | /xx | Verb |
| transform | x/ | Verb |
| spurn | / | Verb |
| reinstate | xx/ | Verb |
| contend | x/ | Verb |
| identify | x/xx | Verb |
| learn | / | Verb |
| opt | / | Verb, Name |
| furnish | /x | Verb |
| agreed | x/ | Verb |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| characterize | /xxx | Verb |
| classify | /xx | Verb |
| convert | /x | Noun |
| induce | x/ | Verb |
| cultivate | /xx | Verb |
| utilise | x/x | Verb |
| withdraw | x/ | Verb |
| build | / | Verb |
| enshrine | x/ | Verb |
| recognize | /xx | Verb |
| accede | x/ | Verb |
| defer | x/ | Verb |
| outlaw | /x | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| affiliate | x/xx | Noun |
| export | /x | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb |
| parent | /x | Noun |
| appoint | x/ | Verb |
| assimilate | x/xx | Verb |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| place | / | Noun |
| attach | x/ | Verb |
| implant | x/ | Noun |
| inherit | x/x | Verb |
| bring up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| breed | / | Noun |
| take after | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| assign | x/ | Verb |
| enter into | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| birth | / | Noun |
| accommodate | x/xx | Verb |
| take to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective |
| connect | x/ | Verb |
| register | /xx | Noun |
| volunteer | xx/ | Noun |
| take up with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| surrogate | /xx | Noun |
| have | / | Verb |
| subjectivist | x/xx | Adjective |
| wholesale | /x | Adjective |
| style | / | Adjective |
| conformations | xx/x | Noun |
| euro | /x | Noun |
| stances | /x | Noun |
| postures | /x | Noun |
| uncritically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| article | /xx | Adverb |
| unthinkingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| lifestyles | /x | Noun |
| pressuring | /xx | Verb |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| cowardly | /xx | Adverb |
| provisionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| unquestioningly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| apprehend | xx/ | Verb |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| approval | x/x | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| authorise | xxx | Verb |
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| behave | x/ | Verb |
| beloved | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| bewitched | x/ | Adjective |
| bring | / | Verb |
| claims | / | Noun, Verb |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| conclude | x/ | Verb |
| condone | x/ | Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| confirm | x/ | Verb, Adverb |
| consider | x/x | Verb |
| cordiality | /x/xx | Noun |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| countenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| coursing | /x | Noun |
| darn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| define | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| depend | x/ | Verb |
| dependence | x/x | Noun |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deserted | x/x | Adjective |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| draw on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| ducking | /x | Noun |
| elect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| embark | x/ | Verb |
| enactment | x/x | Noun |
| enchanted | x/x | Adjective |
| endorse | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| ensure | x/ | Verb |
| equip | x/ | Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| famed | / | Adjective |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| followers | /xx | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| give | / | Verb, Noun |
| goddam | /x | Noun |
| grant | / | Noun, Verb |
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| imagine | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| include | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| institute | /xx | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| inulin | x/x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| join | / | Verb, Noun |
| launch | / | Noun, Verb |
| lay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| legislate | /xx | Verb |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| lonesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| lovely | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| make | / | Verb, Noun |
| meet | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| monitor | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| mountain | /x | Noun |
| nearby | // | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nearest | /x | Adverb |
| observe | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| occupy | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| pass | / | Verb, Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| presume | x/ | Verb |
| proceed | x/ | Verb |
| provide | x/ | Verb |
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| quit | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| ratify | /xx | Verb |
| reach | / | Verb, Noun |
| receive | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reliance | x/x | Noun |
| reliant | x/x | Adjective |
| rely | x/ | Verb |
| repeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| resort | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| resume | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| retain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| rightfully | /xx | Adverb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| sanction | /x | Noun, Verb |
| seated | /x | Adjective |
| seize | / | Verb |
| set | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| shoulder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| subscribe | x/ | Verb |
| support | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| suppose | x/ | Verb |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| transpose | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| use | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
