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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| stern | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| spartan | /x | Noun, Adjective, Name |
| stark | / | Name, Adjective, Name |
| plain | / | Name, Adjective |
| ascetic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| opulent | /xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| ostentatious | xx/x | Adjective |
| austerity | x/xx | Noun |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| unadorned | xx/ | Adjective |
| placid | /x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| serene | x/ | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| aloof | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| minimalist | /xxx | Noun |
| uncompromisingly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| elegant | /xx | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| contemplative | x/xx | Adjective |
| joyless | /x | Adjective |
| unpretentious | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| militaristic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| unassuming | xx/x | Adjective |
| staid | / | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| demure | x/ | Adjective |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unbending | x/x | Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| unapproachable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stony | /x | Noun |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| cloistered | /x | Adjective |
| extravagant | x/xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| genteel | x/ | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| steely | /x | Adjective |
| bland | / | Noun |
| unworldly | x/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| baroque | x/ | Noun |
| congenial | x/x | Adjective |
| regimented | /xxx | Adjective |
| reverential | xx/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| subdued | x/ | Adjective |
| impassive | x/x | Adjective |
| understated | /xxx | Verb |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| stodgy | /x | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ornate | x/ | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| unusually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| astonishingly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| strikingly | /xx | Adverb |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| pharisaic | /xxx | Name |
| excruciatingly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| sterile | /x | Adjective |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| arid | /x | Noun |
| unconventional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| appallingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| anarchic | x/x | Adjective |
| chaste | / | Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| sober | /x | Adjective |
| gaunt | / | Noun |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| ceremonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| nominalist | /xxx | Noun |
| penance | /x | Noun |
| strode | / | Verb |
| cato | /x | Name |
| moralist | /xx | Noun |
| puritanism | /xxxx | Noun |
| puritan | /xx | Name |
| classicism | /xxx | Noun |
| calvinism | /xxx | Name |
| intellectualism | xxx/xxx | Noun |
| reserved | x/ | Verb |
| grandeur | x/ | Noun |
| mien | / | Noun |
| simplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| restrained | x/ | Verb |
| functionalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun |
| probity | /xx | Noun |
| facades | x/ | Noun |
| abstinent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| acquaintance | x/x | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| arable | /xx | Adjective |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrels | /x | Noun |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| billets | /x | Noun |
| bitterness | /xx | Noun |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| brothers | /x | Adverb |
| burnt | / | Adjective |
| bushels | /x | Noun |
| changed | / | Adjective |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| decorous | /xx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dignified | /xx | Adjective |
| drab | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| frugal | /x | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lax | / | Adjective, Noun |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rustic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| saner | /x | Noun |
| sedate | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| urbane | x/ | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
