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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| kindly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| genial | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| harmless | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| kind | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| malign | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| cancerous | /xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective |
| mild | / | Adjective |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| congenial | x/x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| suspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| unremarkable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| invasive | x/x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| asymptomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| normal | /x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| inoffensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| peaceful | /x | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| virtuous | /xx | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| malignancy | x/xx | Noun |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| infiltrative | /xxx | Adjective |
| placid | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| friendly | /x | Adjective |
| symptomatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| goofy | /x | Noun |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective |
| bland | / | Noun |
| gracious | /x | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| beatific | x/xx | Noun |
| clement | /x | Name |
| light | / | Noun |
| benedict | /xx | Name |
| dear | / | Noun |
| still | / | Adverb |
| lithe | / | Adjective |
| sweet | / | Adjective |
| balmy | /x | Adjective |
| cordial | /x | Adjective |
| mellow | /x | Adjective |
| smooth | / | Adjective |
| angelic | x/x | Adjective |
| graceful | /x | Adjective |
| soothing | /x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| caring | /x | Verb |
| gent | / | Noun |
| fluffy | /x | Noun |
| round | / | Noun |
| mushy | /x | Adjective |
| lovely | /x | Adjective |
| silky | /x | Adjective |
| mignon | /x | Noun |
| meek | / | Noun |
| pemphigus | /xx | Noun |
| differentiating | xx/xxx | Verb |
| vertigo | /xx | Noun |
| pneumoconiosis | x/xx/x | Noun |
| papillomas | xx/x | Noun |
| neoplasm | /xxx | Noun |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| adenomatous | x/xxx | Adjective |
| advantageous | xx/x | Adjective |
| arrhythmias | x/xx | Noun |
| benin | /x | Name |
| calm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cartilaginous | /xxxx | Adjective |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clever | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| compassionate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective |
| cystic | /x | Adjective |
| disease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dysrhythmias | //xx | Noun |
| enabling | x/xx | Noun |
| environmentally | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| epithelial | xx/x | Adjective |
| etiologies | xx/xx | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| healthy | /x | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| hodgkin | /x | Name |
| inane | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| inconspicuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective |
| kaposi | x/x | Name |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lesions | /x | Noun |
| meningiomas | xx/x | Noun |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| myeloma | /x/x | Noun |
| neoplastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| nevi | /x | Adjective |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| paget | /x | Name |
| papillary | /xxx | Adjective |
| positive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| precancerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| premalignant | xx/x | Adjective |
| propitious | x/x | Adjective |
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| supportive | x/x | Adjective |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
