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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| backdrop | /x | Noun |
| setting | /x | Noun, Noun |
| desktop | /x | Noun, Noun |
| scope | / | Noun, Noun |
| ground | / | Noun, Noun |
| play down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| foreground | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| spotlight | /x | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun |
| shadowed | /x | Adjective |
| image | /x | Noun |
| picture | /x | Noun |
| perspective | x/x | Noun |
| field | / | Noun |
| composition | xx/x | Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun |
| intro | /x | Noun |
| overlay | /xx | Noun |
| colour | /x | Noun |
| landscape | /x | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| text | / | Noun |
| viewpoint | /x | Noun |
| knowledge | /x | Noun |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| masking | /x | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun |
| music | /x | Noun |
| graphic | /x | Noun |
| blend | / | Verb |
| shading | /x | Noun |
| interplay | /xx | Noun |
| textured | /x | Adjective |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective |
| silhouetted | xx/x | Verb |
| screen | / | Noun |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective |
| surrounding | x/x | Verb |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| white | / | Name |
| ambient | /xx | Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| character | /xx | Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective |
| snippet | /x | Noun |
| overlapping | /xxx | Adjective |
| variety | x/xx | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun |
| counterpoint | /xx | Noun |
| psychology | x/xx | Noun |
| depth | / | Noun |
| extensive | x/x | Adjective |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| patter | /x | Noun |
| cityscape | /xx | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| effect | x/ | Noun |
| detail | x/ | Noun |
| frame | / | Noun |
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| smattering | /xx | Noun |
| various | /xx | Adjective |
| subtext | /x | Noun |
| elements | /xx | Noun |
| nuances | /xx | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun |
| petty | /x | Noun |
| lesser | /x | Adjective |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| lower | /x | Adjective |
| petit | /x | Noun |
| junior | /x | Noun |
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective |
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| piggyback | /xx | Noun |
| tangent | /x | Noun |
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| subcritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| minor key | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| subsidiary | x/xxx | Noun |
| subthreshold | //x | Noun |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective |
| above | x/ | Adjective |
| subaltern | /xx | Noun |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| tributary | /xxx | Noun |
| adjunct | /x | Noun |
| subsurface | /xx | Noun |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Noun |
| last | / | Adjective |
| principal | /xx | Noun |
| superordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| subtotal | //x | Noun |
| subpar | x/ | Noun |
| subprime | x/ | Noun |
| noises | /x | Verb |
| receded | x/x | Verb |
| lurked | / | Verb |
| solidly | /xx | Adverb |
| relegated | /xxx | Verb |
| faded | /x | Verb |
| lettering | /xx | Noun |
| myxoid | /x | Adjective |
| hovered | /x | Verb |
| lighter | /x | Adverb |
| upbringing | /xx | Noun |
| loomed | / | Verb |
| subtracted | x/x | Verb |
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| superimposed | xxx/ | Verb |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective |
| subtraction | x/x | Noun |
| experiential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| distracting | x/x | Adjective |
| sketched | / | Verb |
| sociocultural | xx//xx | Adjective |
| temperament | /xx | Noun |
| impeccable | x/xx | Adjective |
| semitic | x/x | Adjective |
| educational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| spots | / | Noun |
| family | /xx | Adjective |
| cultural | /xx | Adjective |
| aristocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| darker | /x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| factual | /xx | Adjective |
| pushed | / | Verb |
| qualifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| dots | / | Noun |
| sky | / | Noun |
| cosmic | /x | Adjective |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| scenic | /x | Adjective |
| academic | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| affiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| aptitudes | /xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backend | x/ | Noun |
| background noise | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| background radiation | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| backseat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| bag | / | Noun, Verb |
| baggage | /x | Noun |
| basal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belonging | x/x | Noun |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| booster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| briefing | /x | Noun |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| callback | /x | Noun |
| canvas | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun |
| climate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cognizance | /xx | Noun |
| complementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conditions | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| contextualization | x/xxx/x | Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| credentials | x/x | Noun |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| data | /x | Noun |
| decor | x/ | Noun |
| demersal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| docking | /x | Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| documentaries | xx/xx | Noun |
| documentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| décor | / | Noun |
| encore | /x | Noun, Verb |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ethnicity | x/xx | Noun |
| experiment | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| expertise | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| explanatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| facts | / | Verb |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| footnote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreword | /x | Noun |
| formation | x/x | Noun |
| foundation | x/x | Noun |
| framework | /x | Noun |
| fund | / | Noun, Verb |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| generalities | xx/xx | Noun |
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| groundwork | /x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| highlight | /x | Verb, Noun |
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| horizon | x/x | Noun |
| immigration | xx/x | Noun |
| information | xx/x | Noun |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| investigation | xxx/x | Noun |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| landmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| level | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| luggage | /x | Noun |
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| makeup | /x | Noun, Verb |
| material | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| melting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| membership | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| memory | /xx | Noun |
| merits | /x | Noun |
| midst | / | Noun |
| milieu | x/ | Noun |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| origen | /xx | Name |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| outreach | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overall | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| overhead | /x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| overview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| painting | /x | Noun |
| panorama | xx/x | Noun |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| photography | x/xx | Noun |
| piano | x/x | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| plan | / | Noun, Verb |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| plano | /x | Noun |
| play up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pool | / | Noun, Verb |
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| preexisting | /x/x | Adjective |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun, Verb |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| profile | /x | Noun, Verb |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
