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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| afterward | /xx | Adverb | 
| against | x/ | Adverb | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| albeit | x/x | |
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| alongside | x// | Adverb | 
| although | x/ | |
| amid | x/ | Noun | 
| among | x/ | |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| après | x | Noun | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| awaiting | x/x | Verb | 
| awhile | x/ | Adverb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| based | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| besides | x/ | Adverb | 
| between | x/ | Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bushel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| chasing | /x | Noun | 
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| concurrent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dimension | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| eventful | x/x | Adjective | 
| everything | /xx | Adjective | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fascinating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| father | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fleeting | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| for | / | Noun | 
| fourth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| france | / | Name | 
| from | / | Name | 
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective | 
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| gruesome | /x | Adjective | 
| happiest | /xx | Adjective | 
| having | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| heating | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| hectic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hours | /x | Noun | 
| immoral | x/x | Adjective | 
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| inch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| indoors | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| interesting | /xx | Adjective | 
| into | x/ | Noun | 
| it | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| kicking | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| later on | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| laudable | /xx | Adjective | 
| laughter | /x | Noun | 
| lease | / | Noun, Verb | 
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| makes | / | Verb | 
| math | / | Noun, Verb | 
| meantime | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| meanwhile | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| meritorious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| moment | /x | Noun | 
| monitoring | /xxx | Noun | 
| morning | /x | Noun | 
| much | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| mundane | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| noon | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| notwithstanding | xx/x | Adverb | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| old | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| onto | /x | Adjective | 
| order | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| parallel | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| pending | /x | Adjective | 
| period | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| piece | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pleasurable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| point | / | Noun, Verb | 
| post | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| praiseworthy | /xx | Adjective | 
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| puck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pursuant | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| rewarding | x/x | Adjective | 
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| scholarly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| secondly | /xx | Adverb | 
| serve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sigma | /x | Noun | 
| since | / | Adverb | 
| sleep | / | Noun, Verb | 
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| some | / | Adverb | 
| somebody | /xx | Noun | 
| soon | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| spell | / | Noun, Verb | 
| spite | / | Noun, Verb | 
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| successively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| such | / | Noun | 
| suite | / | Noun | 
| that | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| the | x | Adverb, Noun | 
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| there | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| thereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun | 
| though | / | Adverb | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| throughout | x/ | Adverb | 
| till | / | Noun, Verb | 
| time | / | Noun, Verb | 
| to | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun, Adverb | 
| two | / | Noun | 
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unless | x/ | Adjective | 
| unlike | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| until | x/ | |
| upon | x/ | |
| useful | /x | Adjective | 
| versus | /x | Adjective | 
| via | /x | Noun | 
| wake | / | Verb, Noun | 
| weather | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| well | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| when | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| where | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whereas | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| whilst | / | Adverb | 
| with | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| within | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| worthier | /xx | Adjective | 
| worthwhile | // | Adjective | 
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| zodiac | /xx | Noun | 
