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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| foresight | /x | Noun, Noun |
| prediction | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| expectancy | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| anticipating | x/xxx | Verb |
| excitement | x/x | Noun |
| anticipatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| trepidation | xx/x | Noun |
| awaiting | x/x | Verb |
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| preparation | xx/x | Noun |
| eagerness | /xx | Noun |
| elation | x/x | Noun |
| nervousness | /xx | Noun |
| waiting | /x | Verb |
| exhilaration | xxx/x | Noun |
| enthusiasm | x/xxx | Noun |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| impatience | x/x | Noun |
| thrill | / | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| euphoria | x/xx | Noun |
| dread | / | Noun |
| delaying | x/x | Verb |
| fear | / | Noun |
| hopefulness | /xx | Noun |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| salivating | /xxx | Verb |
| imminence | /xx | Noun |
| delight | x/ | Noun |
| upcoming | /xx | Noun |
| jubilation | xx/x | Noun |
| amazement | x/x | Noun |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| postponing | x/x | Verb |
| knowing | /x | Verb |
| prospect | /x | Noun |
| expectant | x/x | Adjective |
| wonderment | /xx | Noun |
| contemplation | xx/x | Noun |
| enjoyment | x/x | Noun |
| readiness | /xx | Noun |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| longing | /x | Noun |
| glee | / | Noun |
| pending | /x | Verb |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| giddiness | /xx | Noun |
| frenzy | /x | Noun |
| surprise | x/ | Noun |
| preparing | x/x | Verb |
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun |
| buzz | / | Noun |
| ensuing | /xx | Verb |
| suspense | x/ | Noun |
| fervor | /x | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| optimism | /xxx | Noun |
| prepping | /x | Verb |
| eventual | x/xx | Adjective |
| realization | /x/x | Noun |
| future | /x | Noun |
| consternation | xx/x | Noun |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| celebration | xx/x | Noun |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| quivering | /xx | Verb |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| satisfaction | xx/x | Noun |
| seeing | /x | Verb |
| elicitation | x/x/x | Noun |
| gratification | xxx/x | Noun |
| foreseeing | x/x | Verb |
| dismay | x/ | Noun |
| prelude | /x | Noun |
| wariness | /xx | Noun |
| newness | /x | Noun |
| savoring | /xx | Verb |
| onset | /x | Noun |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| likelihood | /xx | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective |
| receptiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| frisson | /x | Noun |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| sensation | x/x | Noun |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| engendering | x/xx | Noun |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| reaction | x/x | Noun |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| spurring | /x | Verb |
| exultation | x//x | Noun |
| savouring | /xx | Verb |
| bewilderment | x/xx | Noun |
| adrenaline | x/xx | Noun |
| preconditioning | xx/xx | Noun |
| guessing | /x | Noun |
| forestalling | x/x | Verb |
| presupposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| preoccupation | xxx/x | Noun |
| planning | /x | Noun |
| conception | x/x | Noun |
| apprehending | xx/x | Verb |
| procrastination | xxx/x | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| premeditation | xxx/x | Noun |
| intimation | xx/x | Noun |
| provision | x/x | Noun |
| production | x/x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| supposition | xx/x | Noun |
| vision | /x | Noun, Verb |
| actuation | /x/x | Noun |
| taking | /x | Verb |
| preproduction | xx/x | Noun |
| betting | /x | Verb |
| preprocessing | x/xx | Noun |
| projecting | x/x | Verb |
| supposing | x/x | Verb |
| deferment | x/x | Noun |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| enticement | x/x | Noun |
| manifestation | xxx/x | Noun |
| postulation | /x/x | Noun |
| initialization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| organizing | /xxx | Noun |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective |
| detection | x/x | Noun |
| advancement | x/x | Noun |
| gleeful | /x | Adjective |
| retrospection | xx/x | Noun |
| tingle | /x | Noun |
| pleasurable | /xxx | Adjective |
| shiver | /x | Noun |
| pleased | / | Adjective |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| drooling | /x | Verb |
| eventuality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| assurance | x/x | Noun |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| bustle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contingency | x/xx | Noun |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| convulsively | x/xx | Adverb |
| embarrassed | x/x | Adjective |
| estimate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| eyed | / | Adjective |
| fever | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forecast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foretaste | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| forethought | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| insurance | x/x | Noun |
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| life expectancy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| meantime | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| optical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| order | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outlook | /x | Noun, Verb |
| perspective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| predictability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| premonition | xx/x | Noun |
| preparedness | x/xx | Noun |
| prepayment | x/x | Noun |
| prognosis | x/x | Noun |
| prognostication | xxx/x | Noun |
| projection | x/x | Noun |
| prophecy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| provident | /xx | Adjective |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| reminiscence | xx/x | Noun |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sight | / | Noun, Verb |
| spanning | /x | Noun |
| standby | // | Noun, Verb |
| tension | /x | Noun, Verb |
| view | / | Noun, Verb |
| vista | /x | Noun, Verb |
| welfare | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
