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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| falter | /x | Noun |
| relapse | x/ | Noun |
| repent | x/ | Verb |
| regress | /x | Noun |
| complacency | x/xx | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun |
| stagnate | /x | Verb |
| slip | / | Noun |
| upswing | x/ | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| sinning | /x | Verb |
| temptation | x/x | Noun |
| lose | / | Verb |
| fall | / | Noun |
| misstep | x/ | Noun |
| derail | x/ | Verb |
| wobble | /x | Noun |
| progress | /x | Noun |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| downward | /x | Adjective |
| reformation | xx/x | Noun |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| rebound | x/ | Noun |
| complacent | x/x | Adjective |
| stumble | /x | Noun |
| slacken | /x | Verb |
| tempted | /x | Verb |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| waver | /x | Noun |
| persevere | xx/ | Verb |
| defeat | x/ | Noun |
| tendency | /xx | Noun |
| wrestle | /x | Verb |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| suffer | /x | Verb |
| refocus | x/x | Verb |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| disintegrate | x/xx | Verb |
| revert | x/ | Verb |
| apostasy | xxxx | Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun |
| inroads | /x | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| stalling | /x | Noun |
| slide | / | Noun |
| fail | / | Verb |
| abate | x/ | Noun |
| fall back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| backtrack | /x | Noun |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| spring back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| set back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| turn back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| roll back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb |
| resort | x/ | Noun |
| draw back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| recede | x/ | Verb |
| go back on | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| look back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| circle back | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| backlash | /x | Noun |
| reel | / | Noun |
| hark back | // | Name, Verb, Name |
| rewind | /x | Noun |
| double back | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall back on | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| come back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| recoil | x/ | Noun |
| retrospect | /xx | Noun |
| backflow | /x | Noun |
| backwash | /x | Noun |
| return | x/ | Noun |
| result | x/ | Noun |
| rollback | /x | Noun |
| back up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bounce back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| reflux | xx | Noun |
| downgrade | // | Noun |
| recur | x/ | Verb |
| resume | x/ | Noun |
| retrace | x/ | Verb |
| turn back the clock | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| recover | x/x | Verb |
| overturn | /xx | Verb |
| give back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| recoup | x/ | Verb |
| get back to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| daddies | /x | Noun |
| spread | / | Verb |
| cause | / | Verb |
| began | x/ | Verb |
| people | /x | Noun |
| started | /x | Verb |
| going | /x | Verb |
| sometimes | x/ | Adverb |
| abuses | x/x | Noun |
| aggressions | x/x | Noun |
| blockages | /xx | Noun |
| blunders | /x | Noun |
| bottlenecks | /xx | Noun |
| breakdowns | /x | Noun |
| breakthroughs | /x | Noun |
| catastrophes | x/xx | Noun |
| clashes | /x | Noun |
| collapses | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| concessions | x/x | Noun |
| convulsions | x/x | Noun |
| crashes | /x | Noun |
| crises | /x | Noun |
| divergences | x/xx | Noun |
| reversals | x/x | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
