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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| wake | / | Noun, Noun | 
| backwash | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| devastation | xx/x | Noun | 
| aftereffects | /xxx | Noun | 
| fallout | /x | Noun | 
| carnage | /x | Noun | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| ensuing | /xx | Verb | 
| tragedy | /xx | Noun | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| incident | /xx | Noun | 
| trauma | /x | Noun | 
| horrors | /x | Noun | 
| upheaval | x/x | Noun | 
| ordeal | x/ | Noun | 
| disaster | x/x | Noun | 
| turmoil | /x | Noun | 
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| atrocity | x/xx | Noun | 
| calamity | x/xx | Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| maelstrom | /x | Noun | 
| midst | / | Noun | 
| crisis | /x | Noun | 
| repercussions | xx/x | Noun | 
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| outcome | /x | Noun | 
| fateful | /x | Adjective | 
| ramifications | xxx/x | Noun | 
| throes | / | Noun | 
| debacle | x/x | Noun | 
| aftershock | /xx | Noun | 
| outbreak | /x | Noun | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective | 
| impending | x/x | Adjective | 
| denouement | xx/ | Noun | 
| preceding | x/x | Verb | 
| scene | / | Noun | 
| harrowing | /xx | Noun | 
| tsunami | x/x | Noun | 
| storm | / | Noun | 
| massacre | /xx | Noun | 
| breakup | /x | Noun | 
| onset | /x | Noun | 
| horrific | x/x | Adjective | 
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| tumult | /x | Noun | 
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective | 
| prior | /x | Adjective | 
| implosion | x/x | Noun | 
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun | 
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun | 
| accident | /xx | Noun | 
| ravages | /xx | Noun | 
| unfolding | x/x | Verb | 
| afterglow | /xx | Noun | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| tragic | /x | Adjective | 
| chaos | /x | Noun | 
| genesis | /xx | Noun | 
| destruction | x/x | Noun | 
| demise | x/ | Noun | 
| grief | / | Noun | 
| onslaught | /x | Noun | 
| rowen | /x | Name | 
| afterthought | /xx | Noun | 
| regrowth | xx | Noun | 
| replanting | x/x | Noun | 
| post mortem | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| runoff | /x | Noun | 
| reemergence | xx/x | Noun | 
| reclamation | xx/x | Noun | 
| residue | /xx | Noun | 
| rearward | /x | Adjective | 
| reappraisal | xx/x | Noun | 
| reawakening | xx/xx | Noun | 
| reprocessing | x/xx | Noun | 
| replay | x/ | Noun | 
| repeat | x/ | Verb | 
| reestablishment | xx/xx | Noun | 
| reapportionment | xx/xx | Noun | 
| reverberation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| hash | / | Noun | 
| readjustment | xx/x | Noun | 
| mulligan | /xx | Name | 
| reemployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| resultant | x/x | Noun | 
| aftercare | /xx | Noun | 
| rematch | // | Noun | 
| rerun | // | Noun | 
| holdover | /xx | Noun | 
| renewal | x/x | Noun | 
| rebound | x/ | Noun | 
| reappearing | xx/x | Verb | 
| tet | / | Noun | 
| watergate | /xx | Name | 
| dower | / | Noun | 
| mitch | / | Name | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| shoah | /x | Name | 
| chernobyl | x/x | Name | 
| fiasco | x/x | Noun | 
| wwii | /x | Name | 
| quake | / | Noun | 
| lovemaking | /xx | Noun | 
| putsch | / | Noun | 
| tornado | x/x | Noun | 
| pogrom | x/ | Noun | 
| riot | /x | Noun | 
| euphoric | x/x | Adjective | 
| sputnik | /x | Name | 
| its | / | Adjective | 
| kampuchea | /x/x | Name | 
| coup | / | Noun | 
| crackdown | /x | Noun | 
| earthquake | /x | Noun | 
| grisly | /x | Adjective | 
| hurricane | /xx | Noun | 
| shootings | /x | Noun | 
| holocaust | /xx | Name | 
| forward | /x | Noun | 
| crash | / | Noun | 
| suez | /x | Name | 
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| bombings | /x | Noun | 
| raid | / | Noun | 
| uprising | x/x | Noun | 
| gory | /x | Adjective | 
| messy | /x | Adjective | 
| mutiny | /xx | Noun | 
| napoleonic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| conflict | /x | Adjective | 
| cyclone | x/ | Noun | 
| scandal | /x | Noun | 
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extinctions | x/x | Noun | 
| adjournment | x/x | Noun | 
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| afterwards | /xx | Adverb | 
| backlash | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blunder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cleft | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| corollary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| episode | /xx | Noun | 
| events | x/ | Noun | 
| fate | / | Noun, Verb | 
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| fruit | / | Noun, Verb | 
| furrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| groove | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hangover | /xx | Noun | 
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| implication | xx/x | Noun | 
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| letdown | /x | Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| payoff | /x | Noun | 
| period | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| postwar | // | Adjective | 
| pursuant | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| rehabilitation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| response | x/ | Noun | 
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| reward | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| root | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sequel | /x | Noun | 
| sequelae | /xx | Noun | 
| sequence | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| setback | /x | Noun | 
| stride | / | Noun, Verb | 
| suite | / | Noun | 
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun, Adverb | 
| train | / | Noun, Verb | 
| trench | / | Noun, Verb | 
| upshot | /x | Noun | 
| wages | /x | Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
