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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| combative | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| conflictual | x/xx | Adjective |
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective |
| adversaries | /xxx | Noun |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| partisan | /xx | Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| inquisitorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| collusive | x/x | Adjective |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| cooperative | x/xxx | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| litigious | x/x | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| litigation | xx/x | Noun |
| noncooperative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| legalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| cutthroat | /x | Noun |
| authoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| collaborative | x/xxx | Noun |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| politicized | x/xx | Adjective |
| chummy | /x | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| hostility | x/xx | Noun |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective |
| congenial | x/x | Adjective |
| dialogic | /x/x | Noun |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| quarrelsome | /xx | Adjective |
| rivalry | /xx | Noun |
| dialectical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| uncivil | x/x | Noun |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| competitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| symbiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| civil | /x | Name |
| relationship | x/xx | Noun |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dialogical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective |
| iterative | /xxx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| divisive | x/x | Adjective |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| martial | /x | Noun |
| traitorous | /xx | Adjective |
| pluralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| warlike | /x | Adjective |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Noun |
| spiky | /x | Adjective |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| contrasted | x/x | Verb |
| scholarly | /xx | Adjective |
| devilish | /x | Adjective |
| aristocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| creaturely | /xx | Adjective |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective |
| valiant | /x | Noun |
| sisterly | /xx | Adjective |
| coquettish | x/x | Adjective |
| attributive | x/xx | Noun |
| fatherly | /xx | Adjective |
| adulterous | x/xx | Adjective |
| legalism | /xxx | Noun |
| mediated | /xxx | Verb |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| posturing | /xx | Noun |
| stance | / | Noun |
| mindset | /x | Noun |
| courtroom | /x | Noun |
| advocacy | /xxx | Noun |
| ism | /x | Noun |
| divorce | x/ | Noun |
| journalism | /xxx | Noun |
| contest | /x | Noun |
| bargaining | /xx | Noun |
| hearings | /x | Noun |
| unionism | /xxx | Noun |
| attorneys | x/x | Noun |
| tactics | /x | Noun |
| politics | /xx | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| negotiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| relations | x/x | Noun |
| process | /x | Noun |
| mentality | x/xx | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Noun |
| rather | /x | Adverb |
| characterized | /xxx | Verb |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun |
| encounters | x/x | Noun |
| questioning | /xx | Noun |
| climate | /x | Noun |
| trial | /x | Noun |
| system | /x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| positions | x/x | Noun |
| roles | / | Noun |
| reporting | x/x | Noun |
| setting | /x | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| mode | / | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| procedure | x/x | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| forum | /x | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| agonistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| antagonism | x/xxx | Noun |
| antagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| calculative | /xxx | Adjective |
| competing | x/x | Adjective |
| contradicting | xx/x | Noun |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| defence | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| facilitative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| formalized | /xx | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| interventionist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| match | / | Noun, Verb |
| mixed | / | Adjective |
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective |
| opposing | x/x | Adjective |
| oral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| participative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rival | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
