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able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abreast
x/
Adverb, Adjective
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
accepted
x/x
Adjective
accessed
/x
Verb, Noun
achieved
x/
Adjective
acknowledged
x/x
Adjective
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
addressed
x/
Adjective
adhered
x/
Verb
adolescents
xx/x
Verb
adults
x/
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afraid
x/
Adjective
again
x/
Adverb
age
/
Noun, Verb
agreed
x/
Adjective
agreement
x/x
Noun
aided
/x
Adjective
aimed
/
Adjective
alas
x/
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
alright
x/
Adverb, Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
always
/x
Adverb
ambassador
x/xx
Noun
amelia
x/x
Name
amuse
x/
Verb
an
/
Noun
analysed
xx/
Verb
anecdote
/xx
Noun, Verb
anna
/x
Name
answered
/x
Adjective
anticipated
x/xxx
Adjective
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
appeared
x/
Verb
appreciated
x/xxx
Adjective
apprehended
xx/x
Adjective
apprised
x/
Adjective
approached
x/
Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ascertained
xx/
Adjective
assessed
x/
Verb
assisted
x/x
Adjective
assumed
x/
Adjective
attended
x/x
Adjective
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
augusta
x/x
Name
avoid
x/
Verb
aware
x/
Adjective, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babes
/
Noun
babies
/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bah
/
Noun
bamboo
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
barn
/
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
batter
/x
Noun, Verb
beau
/
Noun, Verb
because
x/
Adverb
become
x/
Verb
been
/
Verb
beg
/
Verb, Noun
beheld
x/
Verb
believed
x/
Verb
belonged
x/
Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
benighted
x/x
Adjective
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bey
/
Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
births
/
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blister
/x
Noun, Verb
bob
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
bobby
/x
Name
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
briefed
/
Adjective
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
brought
/
Verb
burdens
/x
Noun
burnt
/
Adjective
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
cake
/
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
categorised
/xxx
Adjective
categorized
/xxx
Adjective
centred
/x
Adjective
certainly
/xx
Adverb
characterized
/xxx
Verb
charged
/
Adjective
checked
/
Adjective
cheerful
/x
Adjective
chil
/
Adjective, Noun
child
/
Noun, Verb
childcare
/x
Noun
childhood
/x
Noun
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
civilised
/xx
Adjective
civilized
/xx
Adjective
classed
/
Verb
classified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
classmates
/x
Noun
clement
/x
Name, Adjective
clocked
/
Adjective
clothes
/
Noun
collected
x/x
Adjective
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
completely
x/x
Adverb
complied
x/
Verb
conceived
x/
Verb
conceptualized
x/xx
Verb
concerned
x/
Adjective
conrad
/x
Name
considered
x/x
Adjective
construed
x/
Verb
consulted
x/x
Verb
contemplated
/xxx
Verb
could
/
Verb, Noun
counted
/x
Verb
currently
/xx
Adverb
daughters
/x
Adverb
dealt
/
Adverb
dears
/
Adverb
debit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deemed
/
Adjective
defenseless
x/x
Adjective
defined
x/
Adjective
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
degraded
x/x
Adjective
deluded
x/x
Adjective
demonstrated
/xxx
Adjective
denying
x/x
Noun
dependants
x/x
Noun
dependents
x/x
Noun
descendants
x/x
Noun
described
x/
Adjective
designated
/xxx
Adjective
designed
x/
Adjective
detected
x/x
Adjective
determined
x/x
Adjective
developed
x/x
Adjective
did
/
Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disappear
xx/
Verb
discerned
x/
Verb
discovered
x/x
Adjective
discussed
x/
Verb
disinherited
xx/xx
Adjective
displayed
x/
Adjective
disposed
x/
Adjective
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
doth
/
Verb, Noun
doubts
/
Noun
downtrodden
x/x
Adjective
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earned
/
Adjective
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
echoed
/x
Verb
educated
/xxx
Adjective
education
xx/x
Noun
either
/x
Adverb
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
emancipated
x/xxx
Adjective
emasculated
x/xxx
Adjective
emerged
x/
Verb
encountered
x/x
Verb
endured
x/
Verb
enjoyed
x/
Verb
enlightened
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
enslaved
x/
Noun
envied
/x
Adjective
envisaged
x/x
Adjective
envisioned
x/x
Adjective
erring
/x
Noun
espied
/x
Verb
established
x/x
Adjective
estimated
/xxx
Verb
evaluated
x/xxx
Verb
eve
/
Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
everything
/xx
Adjective
evidenced
/xx
Adjective
examined
x/x
Verb
except
x/
Verb
excluded
x/x
Verb
excommunicated
xx/xxx
Verb
expectations
xx/x
Verb
expected
x/x
Adjective
experienced
x/xx
Adjective
experimented
x/xxx
Verb
expressed
x/
Adjective
eyed
/
Adjective
eyesight
/x
Noun
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
faced
/
Adjective
failed
/
Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
families
/xx
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
felt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
few
/
Noun
fifths
/
Noun
filer
/x
Noun
fills
/
Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fixed
/
Adjective
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
followed
/x
Verb
footsteps
/x
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forecast
/x
Noun, Verb
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
fortnight
/x
Noun
found
/
Verb, Noun
fragile
/x
Adjective, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fuller
/x
Name, Verb
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
garbled
/x
Adjective
girls
/
Noun
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glimpsed
/
Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
gone
/
Adjective
gonna
/x
Verb
got
/
Verb, Noun
gotcha
/x
Noun
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
grandchildren
/xx
Noun
grandparents
/xx
Noun
greeks
/
Name
grown
/
Adjective
guess
/
Verb, Noun
guys
/
Noun
had
/
Verb
had better
//x
Phrase, Verb
happened
/x
Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
hast
/
Noun
hath
/
Noun
heading
/x
Noun
hear
/
Verb
heeded
/x
Verb
held
/
Verb
hers
x
Adjective
hindus
/x
Adjective
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
huh
/
Noun
identified
x/xx
Noun
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
illustrated
/xxx
Noun
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
inarticulate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
included
x/x
Adjective
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
increased
x/
Adjective
indicated
/xxx
Verb
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
infancy
/xx
Noun
infant
/x
Noun, Verb
infantile
/xx
Adjective
informal
x/x
Adjective
informed
x/
Adjective
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
inmates
/x
Adjective
innocent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
inscribed
x/
Adjective
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
intended
x/x
Adjective, Noun
interpreted
x/xx
Adjective
interviewed
/xx
Verb
investigated
x/xxx
Verb
it
/
Noun, Adjective
judged
/
Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
juvenile
/xx
Adjective, Noun
keep
/
Verb, Noun
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kiddies
/x
Noun
kinder
/x
Name, Adverb
knew
/
Adverb
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lacked
/
Verb
lads
/
Noun
lakes
/
Noun
laugh
/
Noun, Verb
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
learned
/
Adjective, Noun
least
/
Adverb, Noun
led
/
Adjective, Noun
lest
/
let
/
Verb, Noun
levied
/x
Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
liked
/
Adjective
limelight
/x
Noun, Verb
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
listened
/x
Verb
lived
/
Adjective
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
looked
/
Adjective
lord
/
Noun, Verb
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
lower
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
made
/
Noun
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
male
/
Noun, Adjective
manifested
/xxx
Verb
manifesto
xx/x
Noun, Verb
marked
/
Adjective
mary
/x
Name
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
meant
/
Verb
mentioned
/x
Verb
merely
/x
Adverb
met
/
Verb, Noun
miners
/x
Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
molly
/x
Name, Verb
monitored
/xx
Verb
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
muffled
/x
Adjective
must
/
Verb, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
napoleon
x/xx
Name
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
need
/
Verb, Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neither
/x
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noo
/
Adverb, Adjective
nope
/
Noun, Verb
nor
/
Noun
nota
/x
Noun
notary
/xx
Noun
noted
/x
Adjective
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
noticed
/x
Adjective
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
observable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
observed
x/
Verb
obtained
x/
Verb
occurred
x/
Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
omitted
x/x
Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opposed
x/
Adjective
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organization
xxx/x
Noun
orphans
/x
Noun
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
overheard
/x/
Verb
owing
/x
Adjective
paces
/x
Noun
paediatric
/x/x
Adjective
paid
/
Adjective
pain
/
Noun, Verb
parents
/x
Verb
pas
/
Noun
pediatric
xx/x
Adjective
peeps
/
Noun
penelope
x/xx
Name
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perceived
x/
Adjective
perceptible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
persons
/x
Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
placed
/
Adjective
play
/
Verb, Noun
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
polled
/
Adjective
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
predicted
x/x
Verb
preschoolers
/xx
Noun
presented
x/x
Adjective
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
previously
/xxx
Adverb
processed
/x
Adjective
produced
x/
Verb
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
prophet
/x
Noun
proved
/
Adjective
provided
x/x
Verb
psalmist
/x
Noun
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
pupil
/x
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
questioned
/x
Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
ragtime
/x
Noun
raised
/
Adjective
rarely
/x
Adverb
rated
/x
Adjective
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
reached
/
Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
realised
/xx
Adjective
realized
/xx
Adjective
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
received
x/
Adjective
recognise
/xx
Verb
recognised
/xx
Adjective
recognized
/xx
Adjective
recorded
x/x
Adjective
reduced
x/
Adjective
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
reflected
x/x
Adjective
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
regarded
x/x
Adjective
registered
/xx
Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
reported
x/x
Adjective
required
x/x
Adjective
resulted
x/x
Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
reviewed
x/
Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
risen
/x
Adjective, Noun
roger
/x
Name, Verb
rumored
/x
Adjective
said
/
Adjective, Noun
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scarcely
/x
Adverb
scariest
/xx
Adjective
scheduled
/x
Adjective, Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
schoolboys
/x
Noun
schoolchildren
/xx
Noun
secondary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sensible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
serial
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
settled
/x
Adjective
shakespeare
/x
Name
shall
/
Verb
shines
/
Verb, Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortly
/x
Adverb
showed
/
Verb
siblings
/x
Verb
sighted
/x
Adjective
sign
/
Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
since
/
Adverb
slanderous
/xx
Adjective
sliced
/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
solomon
/xx
Name
son
/
Noun, Verb
sounded
/x
Verb
sovereign
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
speaking
/x
Adjective, Noun
spotted
/x
Adjective
sprung
/
Adjective
stated
/x
Adjective
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
student
/x
Noun, Adjective
studied
/x
Adjective
subjection
x/x
Noun
submitted
x/x
Verb
suffered
/x
Verb
suffice
x/
Verb
suggested
x/x
Verb
supposed
x/
Adjective
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb
suv
xx/
Name
tackled
/x
Adjective
taken
/x
Adjective
talked
/
Verb
taught
/
Verb
teenagers
/xx
Verb
tested
/x
Verb
than
/
Adverb, Noun
the
x
Adverb, Noun
theirs
/
Adjective
them
/
Adjective
therefore
/x
Adverb
they
/
Adverb
think
/
Verb, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
those
/
though
/
Adverb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
toddlers
/x
Noun
told
/
Noun
tong
/
Name, Verb
too
/
Adverb
totally
/xx
Adverb
tots
/
Noun
toys
/
Noun
translated
x/x
Verb
treated
/x
Adjective
tried
/
Adjective
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
unable
x/x
Adjective, Verb
underage
/xx
Adjective, Noun
undergone
xx/
Verb
understood
xx/
Adjective
unheard
x/
Adjective
unheeded
x/x
Adjective
unimaginable
xx/xxx
Adjective
unintended
xx/x
Adjective
unmodified
x/xx
Adjective
unpaid
x/
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
unthinkable
x/xx
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective, Noun
urged
/
Verb
valued
/x
Adjective
verified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
viewed
/
Adjective
visa
/x
Noun, Verb
visible
/xx
Adjective
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
visited
/xx
Adjective
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
visualized
/xx
Adjective
voiced
/
Adjective
wait
/
Verb, Noun
watched
/
Adjective
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weep
/
Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
white
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
without
x/
Adverb
witnessed
/x
Verb
women
/x
Noun
wonderful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
would
/
Verb, Noun
write
/
Verb, Noun
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
youngsters
/x
Noun
youth
/
Noun