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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| trouble | /x | Verb, Verb |
| pain | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| ail | / | Noun, Verb |
| smite | / | Verb, Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| befall | x/ | Verb |
| infect | x/ | Name |
| assail | x/ | Verb |
| affect | x/ | Verb |
| devastate | /xx | Verb |
| aggravate | /xx | Verb |
| infest | x/ | Adjective |
| pervade | x/ | Verb |
| oppress | x/ | Verb |
| predispose | xx/ | Verb |
| afflictions | x/x | Noun |
| ravage | /x | Noun |
| inflict | x/ | Verb |
| perturb | x/ | Verb |
| typify | /xx | Verb |
| blight | / | Noun, Verb |
| engulf | x/ | Verb |
| suffer | /x | Verb |
| sicken | /x | Verb |
| arise | x/ | Verb |
| injure | /x | Verb |
| threaten | /x | Verb |
| hinder | /x | Verb |
| impair | x/ | Verb |
| terrify | /xx | Verb |
| deprive | x/ | Verb |
| cripple | /x | Noun |
| incapacitate | xx/xx | Verb |
| paralyze | /xx | Verb |
| irritate | /xx | Verb |
| caused | / | Verb |
| ensnare | x/ | Verb |
| confound | x/ | Verb |
| annoy | x/ | Verb |
| exacerbate | x/xx | Verb |
| alleviate | x/xx | Verb |
| overtake | /xx | Verb |
| subdue | x/ | Verb |
| maim | / | Noun |
| characterize | /xxx | Verb |
| unsettle | x/x | Verb |
| vanquish | /x | Verb |
| annihilate | x/xx | Verb |
| relieve | x/ | Verb |
| terrorize | /xx | Verb |
| imperil | x/x | Verb |
| chastise | x/ | Verb |
| banish | /x | Verb |
| subjugate | /xx | Verb |
| abate | x/ | Noun |
| endear | x/ | Verb |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| frighten | /x | Verb |
| besiege | x/ | Verb |
| occur | x/ | Verb |
| disturb | x/ | Verb |
| entangle | x/x | Verb |
| endure | x/ | Verb |
| ameliorate | x/xx | Verb |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| pertain | x/ | Verb |
| alienate | /xx | Verb |
| empower | x/x | Verb |
| worsen | /x | Verb |
| offend | x/ | Verb |
| eradicate | x/xx | Verb |
| induce | x/ | Verb |
| assuage | x/ | Verb |
| compel | x/ | Verb |
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb |
| liberate | /xx | Verb |
| displace | x/ | Verb |
| persist | x/ | Verb |
| miseries | /xx | Noun |
| persecute | /xx | Verb |
| impede | x/ | Verb |
| beguile | x/ | Verb |
| encircle | x/x | Verb |
| encompass | x/x | Verb |
| elude | x/ | Verb |
| implicate | /xx | Verb |
| kill | / | Verb |
| sufferers | /xx | Noun |
| heal | / | Verb |
| slay | / | Verb |
| endanger | x/x | Verb |
| undermine | /xx | Verb |
| distresses | x/x | Noun |
| obliterate | x/xx | Verb |
| destroy | x/ | Verb |
| displease | x/ | Verb |
| stigmatize | /xx | Verb |
| conspire | x/x | Verb |
| diminish | x/x | Verb |
| disrupt | x/ | Verb |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| contaminate | x/xx | Verb |
| transcend | x/ | Verb |
| exorcise | /xx | Verb |
| betray | x/ | Verb |
| confront | x/ | Verb |
| exterminate | x/xx | Verb |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| outstrip | x/ | Verb |
| prevail | x/ | Verb |
| preclude | x/ | Verb |
| distract | x/ | Verb |
| weaken | /x | Verb |
| characterise | xxx/x | Verb |
| overcome | /xx | Verb |
| entrap | x/ | Verb |
| provoke | x/ | Verb |
| outlive | x/ | Verb |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| exalt | x/ | Verb |
| enslave | x/ | Verb |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| harass | x/ | Verb |
| impinge | x/ | Verb |
| hurt | / | Noun |
| ache | / | Noun |
| grieve | / | Noun |
| torture | /x | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| accumulating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun |
| administering | x/xxx | Noun |
| albert | /x | Name |
| allocate | /xx | Verb |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| aspiring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| assemble | x/x | Verb |
| assign | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| bailiff | /x | Noun |
| bane | / | Noun, Verb |
| bien | / | Noun |
| boulevards | /xx | Noun |
| break out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| caroline | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| chagrin | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cham | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| chamberlain | /xx | Name |
| chancellor | /xx | Noun |
| charles | / | Name |
| commence | x/ | Verb |
| endeavour | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| epidemic | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| erupt | x/ | Verb |
| febrile | /x | Adjective |
| harm | / | Noun, Verb |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| keenly | /x | Adverb |
| strain | / | Noun, Verb |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| touch | / | Noun, Verb |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
