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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 | 
