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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| obfuscation | xx/x | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| pedantry | /xx | Noun |
| sophistry | x/x | Noun |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| indirection | xx/x | Noun |
| eloquence | /xx | Noun |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| chicanery | x/xx | Noun |
| condescension | xx/x | Noun |
| affectation | xx/x | Noun |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| dissembling | x/x | Noun |
| dissimulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| punning | /x | Noun |
| vagueness | /x | Noun |
| evasion | x/x | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| phrasing | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| politeness | x/x | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| interjection | xx/x | Noun |
| reduplication | x/x/x | Noun |
| superfluity | /x/xx | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| syntactical | //xx | Adjective |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| ellipsis | x/x | Noun |
| reticence | /xx | Noun |
| truncation | /xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| english | /x | Name |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| paraphrase | /xx | Noun |
| hesitation | xx/x | Noun |
| concealment | x/x | Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| needless | /x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| train | / | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun |
| tape | / | Noun |
| delay | x/ | Noun |
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| resort | x/ | Verb |
| avoids | x/ | Verb |
| elaborate | x/x | Adjective |
| deal | / | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| apologies | x/xx | Noun |
| caution | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| finesse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| formalities | x/xx | Verb |
| obeisance | x/x | Noun |
| preamble | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| precaution | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| preliminaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| procrastination | xxx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
