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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dark | / | Adjective |
| unenlightened | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| enlightened | x/x | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| deluded | x/x | Adjective |
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| godless | /x | Adjective |
| untutored | x/x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| blinkered | /x | Adjective |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| uninformed | xx/ | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective |
| clueless | /x | Noun |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| witless | /x | Adjective |
| credulous | /xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| wretches | /x | Noun |
| misinformed | xx/ | Verb |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intrepid | x/x | Noun |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| bewildered | x/x | Verb |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| damned | / | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| timorous | /xx | Adjective |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| venal | /x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| miscreant | /xx | Noun |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| blinded | /x | Verb |
| gone | / | Verb |
| strayed | / | Verb |
| infatuated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| out of touch | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| lost | / | Verb |
| lost on | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| disoriented | x/xxx | Verb |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| ambushed | /x | Verb |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| abused | x/ | Adjective |
| oblivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| stumped | / | Verb |
| disillusioned | xx/x | Adjective |
| confused | x/ | Verb |
| out of sight | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| belated | x/x | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| confounded | x/x | Verb |
| embarrassed | x/x | Verb |
| addled | /x | Adjective |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| sodden | /x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| misplaced | x/ | Verb |
| blank | / | Noun |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective |
| faint | / | Adjective |
| dumb | / | Adjective |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| asleep | x/ | Adverb |
| unknowing | x/x | Noun |
| profligate | /xx | Adjective |
| heathen | /x | Noun |
| groping | /x | Verb |
| wayfarer | /xx | Noun |
| savages | /xx | Noun |
| traveller | /xx | Noun |
| pagans | /x | Noun |
| wanderers | /xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb |
| countrymen | /xx | Noun |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| foreigner | /xx | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| souls | / | Noun |
| brethren | /x | Noun |
| african | /xx | Name |
| traveler | /xx | Noun |
| barbarians | x/xx | Noun |
| south | / | Noun |
| fools | / | Noun |
| ignorance | /xx | Noun |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| mortals | /x | Noun |
| presidency | /xxx | Noun |
| africa | /xx | Name |
| snow | / | Noun |
| peasantry | /xx | Noun |
| continent | /xx | Noun |
| millions | /x | Noun |
| creatures | /x | Noun |
| humanity | x/xx | Noun |
| masses | /x | Noun |
| land | / | Noun |
| ancestors | /xx | Noun |
| inhabitants | x/xx | Noun |
| past | / | Noun |
| minds | / | Noun |
| bring | / | Verb |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| conquered | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| emancipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| enslaved | x/ | Adjective |
| liberated | /xxx | Adjective |
| ravaged | /x | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| subjugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| unaware | xx/ | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
