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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| undercover | xx/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| covert | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| underground | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| on the quiet | /x/x | Phrase, Verb, Adverb |
| illicit | x/x | Noun |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| furtive | /x | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| subterranean | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| extralegal | xx/x | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| renegade | /xx | Noun |
| private | /x | Adjective |
| guerilla | x/x | Noun |
| wartime | /x | Noun |
| backroom | /x | Noun |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| spying | /x | Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| conspiratorial | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| seedy | /x | Adjective |
| rogue | / | Noun |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| shady | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| intercontinental | xxxx/x | Name |
| espionage | /xxx | Noun |
| occult | x/ | Noun |
| felonious | x/xx | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| infiltrate | x/x | Noun |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| smuggling | /x | Noun |
| operative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stealthy | /x | Adjective |
| satanic | x/x | Name |
| cartel | x/ | Noun |
| unauthorized | x/xx | Adjective |
| transnational | x/xx | Noun |
| offshoot | /x | Noun |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| dirty | /x | Adjective |
| withheld | x/ | Verb |
| scheming | /x | Noun |
| ulterior | x/xx | Noun |
| complicit | x/x | Verb |
| disguised | x/ | Adjective |
| outlawed | /x | Verb |
| sneaky | /x | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| crooked | /x | Adjective |
| cheating | /x | Noun |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| forbidden | /xx | Verb |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| illegitimate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unlawful | x/x | Adjective |
| unethical | x/xx | Adjective |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| indecent | x/x | Adjective |
| prohibited | x/xx | Verb |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| perdu | x/ | Noun |
| abandoned | x/x | Verb |
| ineffable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shifty | /x | Adjective |
| improper | x/x | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| disappeared | xx/ | Verb |
| underage | /xx | Adjective |
| naughty | /x | Adjective |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective |
| profane | x/ | Noun |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| feigned | / | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| creative | x/x | Adjective |
| ineligible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| timeless | /x | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| misused | x/ | Verb |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| black | / | Name |
| unfaithful | x/x | Adjective |
| wrongful | /x | Adjective |
| telltale | /x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| muddy | /x | Adjective |
| suspect | x/ | Noun |
| lawless | /x | Noun |
| unclean | x/ | Adjective |
| untruthful | x/x | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| laced | / | Adjective |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective |
| ungodly | x/x | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| bootleg | /x | Noun |
| perverted | x/x | Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective |
| bogus | /x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| mislaid | x/ | Verb |
| sacred | /x | Adjective |
| unkindly | x/x | Adverb |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective |
| miscreant | /xx | Noun |
| prostitution | xx/x | Noun |
| rendezvous | /xx | Noun |
| labs | / | Noun |
| excavators | /xxx | Noun |
| adultery | x/xx | Noun |
| diggers | /x | Noun |
| radios | /xx | Noun |
| prostitute | /xx | Noun |
| rearmament | x/xx | Noun |
| marriages | /xx | Noun |
| digging | /x | Noun |
| transmitters | x/x | Noun |
| liaisons | x/x | Noun |
| cemeteries | /xxx | Noun |
| broadcasts | /x | Noun |
| courtship | /x | Noun |
| meetings | /x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| organizing | /xxx | Noun |
| importation | xx/x | Noun |
| laboratories | /xxx | Noun |
| leaflets | /x | Noun |
| emigration | xx/x | Noun |
| presses | /x | Noun |
| operations | xx/x | Noun |
| alms | / | Noun |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| autonomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| backdoor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| classified | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| closed | / | Adjective |
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| diplomatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| discrete | x/ | Adjective |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| interdenominational | xxxxx/xx | Adjective |
| interfaith | xx/ | Adjective |
| interracial | xx/x | Adjective |
| intertribal | xx/x | Adjective |
| intrinsic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| mercantile | /xx | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| nonviolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| privacy | /xx | Noun |
| pro | / | Adjective, Noun |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| regularized | /xxx | Verb |
| routinized | /xx | Adjective |
| secrecy | /xx | Noun |
| sri | / | Name |
| tender | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| undeclared | xx/ | Adjective |
| undisclosed | xx/ | Adjective |
| undocumented | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| unmarked | x/ | Adjective |
| unofficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| unrecorded | xx/x | Adjective |
| unreported | xx/x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
