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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| deflect | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| obviate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| avoid | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| debar | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| fend off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| head off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stave off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| turn away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ward off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| forestalled | x/ | Verb |
| mitigated | /xxx | Verb |
| prevented | x/x | Verb |
| befell | x/ | Verb |
| spared | / | Verb |
| defused | x/ | Verb |
| lessened | /x | Verb |
| halted | /x | Verb |
| occurred | x/ | Verb |
| intervened | xx/ | Verb |
| remedied | /xx | Verb |
| foreseen | x/ | Verb |
| loomed | / | Verb |
| prevailed | x/ | Verb |
| interceded | xx/x | Verb |
| resulted | x/x | Verb |
| ended | /x | Verb |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| ameliorated | x/xxxx | Verb |
| caused | / | Verb |
| minimized | /xx | Verb |
| resolved | x/ | Verb |
| thwarted | /x | Verb |
| faced | / | Verb |
| saved | / | Verb |
| counteracted | /xxx | Verb |
| backfired | /xx | Verb |
| effected | x/x | Verb |
| foreshadowed | x/x | Verb |
| inflicted | x/x | Verb |
| abated | x/x | Verb |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| evaded | x/x | Verb |
| nullified | /xx | Verb |
| subverted | x/x | Verb |
| scuttled | /x | Verb |
| eased | / | Verb |
| ensued | x/ | Verb |
| alleviated | x/xxx | Verb |
| sidestepped | /x | Verb |
| blamed | / | Verb |
| postponed | x/ | Verb |
| minimised | /xx | Verb |
| derailed | x/ | Adjective |
| wrought | / | Adjective |
| exacerbated | x/xxx | Verb |
| interrupted | xx/x | Verb |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| eliminated | x/xxx | Verb |
| diverted | x/x | Verb |
| negated | /xx | Verb |
| unfolded | x/x | Verb |
| vanquished | /x | Verb |
| offing | /x | Noun |
| rolled | / | Verb |
| presaged | /x | Verb |
| mercifully | /xxx | Adverb |
| arose | x/ | Verb |
| engulfed | x/ | Verb |
| reversed | x/ | Verb |
| faltered | /x | Verb |
| induced | x/ | Adjective |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| preceded | x/x | Verb |
| struck | / | Verb |
| triggered | /x | Verb |
| manifested | /xxx | Verb |
| precluded | x/x | Verb |
| countered | /x | Verb |
| escaped | x/ | Verb |
| eclipsed | x/ | Verb |
| worsened | /x | Verb |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| erupted | x/x | Verb |
| risked | / | Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| reduced | x/ | Verb |
| deduced | x/ | Verb |
| incurred | x/ | Verb |
| decreed | x/ | Verb |
| eradicated | x/xxx | Verb |
| neutralized | /xx | Verb |
| factored | /x | Adjective |
| materialized | x/xxx | Verb |
| eluded | x/x | Verb |
| turned | / | Verb |
| handled | /x | Verb |
| equaled | /x | Verb |
| torpedoed | x/x | Verb |
| subsided | x/x | Verb |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| jeopardized | /xx | Verb |
| detected | x/x | Verb |
| reined | / | Verb |
| approximated | x/xxx | Verb |
| refrained | x/ | Verb |
| snuffed | / | Verb |
| threatened | /x | Verb |
| menaced | /x | Verb |
| gauged | / | Verb |
| quelled | / | Verb |
| blinked | / | Verb |
| overtaken | /xxx | Verb |
| hastened | /x | Verb |
| approached | x/ | Verb |
| intensified | x/xx | Verb |
| excused | x/ | Verb |
| unwittingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| outwitted | /xx | Verb |
| decisively | x/xx | Adverb |
| wiped | / | Verb |
| magnified | /xx | Verb |
| dealt | / | Verb |
| accentuated | x/xxx | Verb |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| caught | / | Verb |
| conceded | x/x | Verb |
| bypassed | /x | Verb |
| curtailed | x/ | Verb |
| facilitated | x/xxx | Verb |
| overshadowed | xx/x | Verb |
| swept | / | Verb |
| foiled | / | Verb |
| affected | x/x | Verb |
| compounded | x/x | Verb |
| deterred | x/ | Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| perpetrated | /xxx | Verb |
| necessitated | x/xxx | Verb |
| aided | /x | Verb |
| occasioned | x/x | Verb |
| lowered | /x | Verb |
| initiated | x/xxx | Verb |
| dramatized | /xx | Verb |
| stopped | / | Verb |
| delayed | x/ | Adjective |
| ignored | x/ | Verb |
| overruled | xx/ | Verb |
| brought | / | Verb |
| trumped | / | Adjective |
| solved | / | Verb |
| obliterated | x/xxx | Verb |
| rectified | /xx | Verb |
| paralleled | /xx | Verb |
| counseled | /x | Verb |
| averse | x/ | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| put off | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| scorned | / | Verb |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| fazed | / | Verb |
| alienated | /xxxx | Verb |
| affronted | x/x | Verb |
| discouraged | x/x | Verb |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| gazes | /x | Noun |
| glances | /x | Noun |
| looks | / | Noun |
| cheek | / | Noun |
| eyes | / | Noun |
| countenance | /xx | Noun |
| head | / | Noun |
| births | / | Noun |
| aquiline | xx/ | Adjective |
| avoidance | x/x | Noun |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| covetous | /xx | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| discarded | x/x | Adjective |
| disfigured | x/x | Adjective |
| dismissed | x/ | Adjective |
| dodged | / | Verb |
| downcast | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| eschewed | x/ | Verb |
| expressionless | xxxx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| haggard | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| impassive | x/x | Adjective |
| impeded | x/x | Adjective |
| inquisitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| pallid | /x | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| removed | x/ | Adjective |
| saddened | /x | Verb |
| shunned | / | Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
