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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| parliamentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| caucus | /x | Noun |
| parliament | /xx | Noun |
| parliamentarians | xxx/xx | Noun |
| ministerial | xx/xx | Noun |
| councillors | /xx | Noun |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| hansard | /x | Name |
| constituency | x/xxx | Noun |
| coalition | xx/x | Noun |
| unionist | /xx | Noun |
| senators | /xx | Noun |
| ministers | /xx | Noun |
| conservative | x/xx | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| shadow | /x | Noun |
| provincial | x/x | Noun |
| minority | x/xx | Noun |
| yellow | /x | Noun |
| blue | / | Noun |
| partisan | /xx | Noun |
| counterrevolutionary | xxxx/xxx | Noun |
| left | / | Adjective |
| right | / | Noun |
| lefty | /x | Noun |
| squishy | /x | Adjective |
| multiparty | /xxx | Adjective |
| white | / | Name |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| black | / | Name |
| joined up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| insurgent | x/x | Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| antigovernment | xx/xx | Adjective |
| diaries | /xx | Noun |
| tories | /x | Name |
| revolts | x/ | Noun |
| rebellions | x/x | Noun |
| dissent | x/ | Noun |
| committees | x/x | Noun |
| deputies | /xx | Noun |
| legislators | /xxx | Noun |
| supporters | x/x | Noun |
| rebels | /x | Noun |
| liberals | /xx | Noun |
| colleagues | /x | Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun |
| bills | / | Noun |
| member | /x | Noun |
| critics | /x | Noun |
| pressure | /x | Noun |
| independence | xx/x | Noun |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| roles | / | Noun |
| support | x/ | Noun |
| influence | /xx | Noun |
| group | / | Noun |
| abstentions | x/x | Noun |
| aldermen | /xx | Noun |
| anticolonial | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| antiwar | xx/ | Adjective |
| ascendancy | x/xx | Noun |
| benches | /x | Noun |
| cabinet | /xx | Noun |
| candidate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| congressional | x/xx | Adjective |
| diehard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| faction | /x | Noun |
| filibuster | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| moderates | /xx | Adjective |
| nonconformist | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| party | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| roots | / | Noun |
| rump | / | Noun, Verb |
| secessionist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| vociferous | x/xx | Adjective |
| whip | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
