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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| indirect | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| illusive | x/x | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| intertextual | /x/xx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| referential | xx/x | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| suggestive | x/x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective |
| alluring | x/x | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| oracular | /xxx | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| imaginative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| nuanced | /x | Adjective |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| playful | /x | Adjective |
| dreamlike | /x | Adjective |
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| iconographic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| intriguingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| orphic | /x | Name |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| intricate | /xx | Adjective |
| sensuous | /xx | Adjective |
| luminous | /xx | Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective |
| mystical | /xx | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ineffable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| resonant | /xx | Adjective |
| melodious | x/xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| disjunctive | x/x | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| darkly | /x | Adverb |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| redolent | /xx | Noun |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Noun |
| inviting | x/x | Verb |
| enticing | x/x | Adjective |
| gauzy | /x | Noun |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| conjectural | x/xx | Adjective |
| specious | /x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| tempting | /x | Adjective |
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective |
| circumstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| quasi | /x | Adjective |
| tantalizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| honey | /x | Noun |
| compressed | x/ | Verb |
| typography | x/xx | Noun |
| richness | /x | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| texture | /x | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| echoes | /x | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| phrases | /x | Noun |
| wit | / | Noun |
| reference | /xx | Noun |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| variation | xx/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| resonance | /xx | Noun |
| title | /x | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| technique | x/ | Noun |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| punning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
