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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| purposeful | /xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| efficient | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| earnest | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| dispassionate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| gentlemanly | /xxx | Adjective | 
| unemotional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| laconic | x/x | Adjective | 
| demeanor | x/x | Noun | 
| congenial | x/x | Adjective | 
| polite | x/ | Adjective | 
| brusque | / | Adjective | 
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| genial | /x | Adjective | 
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| tactful | /x | Adjective | 
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| nonchalant | xx/ | Adjective | 
| nonpolitical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| terse | / | Noun | 
| cordial | /x | Adjective | 
| stolid | /x | Adjective | 
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| affable | /xx | Adjective | 
| staid | / | Adjective | 
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective | 
| demure | x/ | Adjective | 
| dour | /x | Noun | 
| impersonal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| classy | /x | Adjective | 
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective | 
| genteel | x/ | Adjective | 
| decorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| demeanour | x/x | Noun | 
| forthright | // | Adjective | 
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective | 
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective | 
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective | 
| chummy | /x | Noun | 
| manner | /x | Noun | 
| ladylike | /xx | Adjective | 
| brisk | / | Adjective | 
| austere | x/ | Adjective | 
| dignified | /xx | Adjective | 
| elegant | /xx | Adjective | 
| professional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| utilitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| urbane | x/ | Adjective | 
| jovial | /xx | Adjective | 
| orderly | /xx | Adjective | 
| stoic | /x | Noun | 
| punctilious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| casual | /xx | Adjective | 
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective | 
| personable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| unpretentious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| suave | / | Adjective | 
| sensible | /xx | Adjective | 
| phlegmatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| convivial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| passionless | /xx | Adjective | 
| unflappable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| jocular | /xx | Adjective | 
| unruffled | x/x | Adjective | 
| approachable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| emotionless | x/xx | Adjective | 
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| lean and mean | /// | Phrase, Adjective | 
| clinical | /xx | Adjective | 
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| calculating | /xxx | Verb | 
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| masterly | /xx | Adjective | 
| prudent | /x | Adjective | 
| in order | x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| expedient | x/xx | Noun | 
| routinized | /xx | Adjective | 
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| politic | /xx | Noun | 
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| scientific | xx/x | Noun | 
| patterned | /x | Adjective | 
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| masterful | /xx | Adjective | 
| linear | /xx | Noun | 
| succinct | x/ | Adjective | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective | 
| focused | /x | Verb | 
| studied | /x | Verb | 
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| thorough | /x | Adjective | 
| ordered | /x | Verb | 
| monopolistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| straightforward | //x | Adjective | 
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective | 
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| expedited | /xxx | Adjective | 
| cleanly | /x | Adjective | 
| routine | x/ | Noun | 
| worked | / | Verb | 
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| straight | / | Adjective | 
| sorted | /x | Adjective | 
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective | 
| soldierly | /xx | Adjective | 
| fashioned | /x | Adjective | 
| complimentary | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| gainful | /x | Noun | 
| fine | / | Adjective | 
| clipped | / | Verb | 
| directness | x/x | Noun | 
| handshake | /x | Noun | 
| brevity | /xx | Noun | 
| tone | / | Noun | 
| dispatch | x/ | Noun | 
| footing | /x | Noun | 
| sounding | /x | Verb | 
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun | 
| exterior | x/xx | Noun | 
| nod | / | Noun | 
| efficiency | x/xx | Noun | 
| attitude | /xx | Noun | 
| approach | x/ | Noun | 
| air | / | Noun | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| organized | /xx | Verb | 
| calm | / | Noun | 
| voice | / | Noun | 
| way | / | Noun | 
| facade | x/ | Noun | 
| precision | x/x | Noun | 
| administration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| grip | / | Noun | 
| act | / | Verb | 
| arrangement | x/x | Noun | 
| management | /xx | Noun | 
| transaction | x/x | Noun | 
| detachment | x/x | Noun | 
| appearance | x/x | Noun | 
| suits | / | Noun | 
| handling | /x | Noun | 
| letter | /x | Noun | 
| talks | / | Noun | 
| negotiations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| looking | /x | Verb | 
| pace | / | Noun | 
| asked | / | Verb | 
| posture | /x | Noun | 
| affair | x/ | Noun | 
| cooperation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun | 
| habits | /x | Noun | 
| accommodating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| accusatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| agreeable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| changed | / | Adjective | 
| cheerful | /x | Adjective | 
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| conscientiously | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun | 
| diffuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| entrepreneurial | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| factual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| friendlier | /xx | Adjective | 
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| impatient | x/x | Adjective | 
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| neutral | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective | 
| objective | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| occupational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| practical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective | 
| sane | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| secretive | /xx | Adjective | 
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sober | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| substantive | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| unconventional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| unprofessional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| vocational | x/xx | Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
