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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poignant | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| piercing | /x | Noun |
| stinging | /x | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| stabbing | /x | Noun |
| penetrative | /xxx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| piquant | /x | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| smarting | /x | Verb |
| barbed | / | Adjective |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| visceral | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| bony | /x | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective |
| prickly | /x | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| biting | /x | Adjective |
| close to one's heart | //// | Phrase |
| intimate | /xx | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| snug | / | Noun |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| bone | / | Noun |
| pungent | /x | Adjective |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| thick | / | Adjective |
| pointed | /x | Verb |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| approximate | x/xx | Noun |
| obtrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| truncated | /xx | Adjective |
| horny | /x | Noun |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| besetting | x/x | Verb |
| wooden | /x | Adjective |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| compact | /x | Noun |
| scarry | /x | Name |
| meaty | /x | Adjective |
| tapered | /x | Adjective |
| broad | / | Adjective |
| fleshly | /x | Adjective |
| grisly | /x | Adjective |
| pricked | / | Verb |
| potent | /x | Adjective |
| shrill | / | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Noun |
| stubbed | / | Verb |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| itchy | /x | Adjective |
| canny | /x | Noun |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| boney | /x | Noun |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| acetabular | /x/xx | Adjective |
| acrylic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adjoining | x/x | Adjective |
| adjournment | x/x | Noun |
| airless | /x | Adjective |
| akin | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| almost | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| apple | /x | Noun, Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| aquiline | xx/ | Adjective |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| articular | x/xx | Adjective |
| articulates | x/xx | Verb |
| astragalus | /xxx | Noun |
| at hand | // | Phrase |
| attention | x/x | Noun |
| attentive | x/x | Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| backbone | /x | Noun |
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blocky | /x | Adjective |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bona | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bone marrow | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| bonn | / | Name |
| boon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| bosom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bot | / | Noun, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breastbone | /x | Noun |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| bud | / | Noun, Verb |
| busy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| calcaneal | x/xx | Adjective |
| calcaneus | xx/x | Noun |
| cancellous | /xx | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| carpal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cartilage | /xx | Noun |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| categorize | /xxx | Verb |
| cease | / | Verb, Noun |
| centrum | /x | Noun |
| checkerboard | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cheekbone | /x | Noun |
| chicken | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| china | /x | Name |
| chummy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| classify | /xx | Verb |
| clavicle | /xx | Noun |
| climax | /x | Noun, Verb |
| close at hand | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| closeout | /x | Noun |
| closure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coccyx | /x | Noun |
| coda | /x | Noun |
| collarbone | /xx | Noun |
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective |
| come together | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| completion | x/x | Noun |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| conclude | x/ | Verb |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| condyle | xx | Noun |
| confidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| confined | x/ | Adjective |
| conjunctiva | xx/x | Noun |
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| consummation | xx/x | Noun |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cornea | /xx | Noun |
| costa | /x | Name |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cozy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cram | / | Verb, Noun |
| cranium | /xx | Noun |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dentin | /x | Noun |
| dentine | /x | Noun |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb |
| dismantle | x/x | Verb |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| distance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| door | / | Noun, Verb |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| drum | / | Noun, Verb |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| elbow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb |
| enclose | x/ | Verb |
| encompassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| enhanced | x/ | Adjective |
| entrance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enveloping | x/xx | Verb |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| epiphysis | x//x | Noun |
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
