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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| competitive | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| competing | x/x | Verb |
| contesting | x/x | Verb |
| battling | /xx | Verb |
| asserting | x/x | Verb |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| arguing | /xx | Verb |
| defending | x/x | Verb |
| disputing | x/x | Verb |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| claiming | /x | Verb |
| objecting | x/x | Verb |
| opposing | x/x | Verb |
| positing | /xx | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| rejecting | x/x | Verb |
| countering | /xx | Verb |
| pursuing | x/x | Verb |
| denying | x/x | Verb |
| clashing | /x | Noun |
| dealing | /x | Verb |
| quarreling | /xx | Verb |
| characterizing | /xxxx | Verb |
| petitioning | x/xx | Noun |
| conflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| negotiating | x/xxx | Noun |
| vying | /x | Verb |
| alleging | x/x | Verb |
| contemplating | /xxx | Verb |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| espousing | x/x | Verb |
| winning | /x | Adjective |
| dismissing | x/x | Verb |
| triumphing | /xx | Verb |
| contenders | x/x | Noun |
| considering | x/xx | Verb |
| adjudicating | x/xxx | Verb |
| uniting | x/x | Verb |
| attacking | x/x | Verb |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| contradicting | xx/x | Verb |
| debating | x/x | Noun |
| gunning | /x | Noun |
| seeking | /x | Verb |
| acquiring | x/x | Verb |
| justifying | /xxx | Verb |
| precluding | x/x | Verb |
| litigating | /xxx | Verb |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| reconciling | /xxx | Verb |
| procuring | x/x | Verb |
| encountering | x/xx | Verb |
| vindicating | /xxx | Verb |
| waging | /x | Verb |
| facing | /x | Verb |
| supporting | x/x | Verb |
| dueling | /x | Noun |
| refuting | x/x | Verb |
| postulating | /xxx | Verb |
| advocating | /xxx | Verb |
| believing | x/x | Verb |
| defeating | x/x | Adjective |
| clamoring | /xx | Verb |
| addressing | x/x | Verb |
| renouncing | x/x | Verb |
| presuming | x/x | Verb |
| accusing | x/x | Verb |
| denouncing | x/x | Verb |
| disagreeing | xx/x | Verb |
| holding | /x | Verb |
| comparing | x/x | Verb |
| anticipating | x/xxx | Verb |
| proving | /x | Verb |
| repudiating | x/xxx | Verb |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| supplanting | x/x | Verb |
| insisting | x/x | Verb |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| finding | /x | Noun |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| usurping | x/x | Verb |
| presenting | x/x | Verb |
| associating | x/xxx | Verb |
| sustaining | x/x | Adjective |
| representing | xx/x | Verb |
| rival | /x | Noun |
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb |
| resolving | x/x | Verb |
| endorsing | x/x | Verb |
| prevailing | x/x | Verb |
| ascribing | x/x | Verb |
| clinging | /x | Verb |
| invoking | x/x | Verb |
| declaring | x/x | Verb |
| resurrecting | xx/x | Verb |
| jockeying | /xx | Noun |
| criticizing | /xxx | Verb |
| reasserting | xx/x | Verb |
| articulating | x/xxx | Verb |
| juxtaposing | xx/x | Verb |
| coexisting | xx/x | Noun |
| surging | /x | Adjective |
| adapting | x/x | Verb |
| reigning | /x | Verb |
| supplementing | /xxx | Verb |
| formulating | /xxx | Verb |
| foreseeing | x/x | Verb |
| relating | x/x | Verb |
| having | /x | Verb |
| ignoring | x/x | Verb |
| condemning | x/x | Verb |
| resorting | x/x | Verb |
| portraying | x/x | Verb |
| substantiating | x/xxx | Verb |
| embodying | x/xx | Verb |
| agitating | /xxx | Verb |
| emerging | x/x | Verb |
| identifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| attributing | x/xx | Verb |
| supposing | x/x | Verb |
| proposing | x/x | Verb |
| wooing | /x | Noun |
| mediating | /xxx | Adjective |
| separating | /xxx | Verb |
| dominating | /xxx | Verb |
| decrying | x/x | Verb |
| warranting | /xx | Verb |
| obtaining | x/x | Verb |
| wresting | /x | Verb |
| evaluating | x/xxx | Verb |
| leading | /x | Verb |
| pursing | /x | Verb |
| promulgating | /xxx | Verb |
| upholding | x/x | Verb |
| chasing | /x | Verb |
| relegating | /xxx | Verb |
| constructing | x/x | Verb |
| relinquishing | x/xx | Verb |
| displacing | x/x | Verb |
| managing | /xx | Noun |
| feuding | /x | Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Verb |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| deciding | x/x | Verb |
| differing | /xx | Verb |
| supplying | x/x | Verb |
| concurrence | x/x | Noun |
| conversing | x/x | Verb |
| intruding | x/x | Verb |
| conspiring | x/x | Verb |
| persevering | xx/x | Adjective |
| inquiring | x/xx | Verb |
| entreating | x/x | Verb |
| resisting | x/x | Verb |
| impinging | x/x | Noun |
| admonishing | x/xx | Verb |
| mano a mano | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| inclining | x/x | Verb |
| discerning | x/x | Adjective |
| blooming | /x | Noun, Verb |
| duke | / | Noun |
| arguments | /xx | Noun |
| will | / | Noun |
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| alternates | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| androcentric | /x/x | Adjective |
| animistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| antithetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| breaks | / | Verb, Noun |
| citing | /x | Noun |
| contrasting | x/x | Adjective |
| disparate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| divergent | x/x | Adjective |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| dozens | /x | Noun |
| essentialist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| etic | /x | Adjective |
| eurocentric | /x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| functionalist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| grappling | /x | Noun |
| incommensurable | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| intervening | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| pretending | x/x | Noun |
| purporting | x/x | Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| rides | / | Noun |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| screaming | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| shouting | /x | Noun |
| stating | /x | Noun |
| suggesting | x/x | Noun |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| turns | / | Verb, Noun |
| wharves | / | Noun |
| wishing | /x | Noun |
| yelling | /x | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
