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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| perplexities | x/xx | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| evils | /x | Noun |
| ills | / | Noun |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| perils | /x | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| ails | / | Verb |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| ravaging | /xx | Noun |
| afflictions | x/x | Noun |
| miseries | /xx | Noun |
| travails | x/ | Noun |
| temptations | x/x | Noun |
| discontents | xx/ | Noun |
| inadequacies | x/xxx | Noun |
| foibles | /x | Noun |
| dilemmas | x/x | Noun |
| endemic | x/x | Adjective |
| gravest | /x | Adjective |
| dangers | /x | Noun |
| overcoming | /xxx | Verb |
| besieging | x/x | Verb |
| impending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassments | x/xx | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| conundrums | x/x | Noun |
| failings | /x | Noun |
| inherent | x/x | Adjective |
| misfortunes | x/x | Noun |
| pervading | x/x | Adjective |
| calamities | x/xx | Noun |
| remedying | /xxx | Verb |
| worrying | /xx | Verb |
| affecting | x/x | Verb |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| anxieties | x/xx | Noun |
| incipient | x/xx | Adjective |
| crises | /x | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| weakness | /x | Noun |
| intractability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| distresses | x/x | Noun |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| exacerbating | x/xxx | Verb |
| proneness | /x | Noun |
| arising | x/x | Verb |
| annoyances | x/xx | Noun |
| aggravate | /xx | Verb |
| preoccupation | xxx/x | Noun |
| depredations | xx/x | Noun |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| inconveniences | xx/xx | Noun |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| blaming | /x | Verb |
| frailties | /x | Noun |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| tribulations | xx/x | Noun |
| weaknesses | /xx | Noun |
| sins | / | Noun |
| confusions | x/x | Noun |
| sinfulness | /xx | Noun |
| feebleness | /xx | Noun |
| injustices | x/xx | Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| pitfalls | /x | Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| molestation | xx/x | Noun |
| stalking | /x | Noun |
| warding | /x | Verb |
| storming | /x | Noun |
| envelopment | x/xx | Noun |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| watching | /x | Verb |
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun |
| vice | / | Noun |
| handicaps | /xx | Noun |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bashing | /x | Noun |
| bothering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| facing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| glaring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| haunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| irremediable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prevailing | x/x | Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shaking | /x | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| weighing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
