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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| negate | x/  | Verb  | 
| contravene | /xx  | Verb, Verb  | 
| oppose | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| belie | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| corroborate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| affirm | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| substantiate | x/xx  | Verb, Verb  | 
| sustain | x/  | Verb, Verb, Noun  | 
| contradictory | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| contradictions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| conflicting | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| contrasting | x/x  | Noun  | 
| contradistinction | /xx/x  | Noun  | 
| incongruence | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| juxtaposing | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| incongruent | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| confusing | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| contraries | /xx  | Noun  | 
| disagreement | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| inconsistencies | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| confounding | x/x  | Noun  | 
| paradoxical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| discrepant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| mutually exclusive | /xxxx/x  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| antithetical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| oppositional | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx  | Adjective  | 
| incongruities | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| discrepancies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| inconsistent | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| differing | /xx  | Verb  | 
| disagreeing | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| contrarian | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| disjunctive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| controversial | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| dissonant | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| dissimilarities | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| antitheses | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| dissimilar | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| dualities | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| paradoxes | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| refuting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| optimality | /x/xx  | Noun  | 
| flatly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| blatantly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| undermining | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| confirming | x/x  | Verb  | 
| interrupting | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| seemingly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| lemma | /x  | Noun  | 
| assertions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| tenet | /x  | Noun  | 
| supporting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| correcting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| accusing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| mutually | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| dogma | /x  | Noun  | 
| stereotype | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| reinforcing | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| axiom | /xx  | Noun  | 
| supposition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| testimony | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| postulate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| hypothesis | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| assumption | x/x  | Noun  | 
| teaching | /x  | Noun  | 
| rumours | xx  | Noun  | 
| ostensibly | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| statements | /x  | Noun  | 
| refrained | x/  | Verb  | 
| thesis | /x  | Noun  | 
| denying | x/x  | Verb  | 
| scripture | /x  | Noun  | 
| liberty | /xx  | Noun  | 
| opinions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| dream | /  | Verb  | 
| avoids | x/  | Verb  | 
| successively | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| premise | /x  | Noun  | 
| himself | x/  | Noun  | 
| interpreted | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| predictions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| beliefs | x/  | Noun  | 
| thereby | //  | Adverb  | 
| assurances | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| allegations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| views | /  | Noun  | 
| claims | /  | Noun  | 
| theorem | /x  | Noun  | 
| theories | /x  | Noun  | 
| doctrines | /x  | Noun  | 
| criticized | /xx  | Verb  | 
| openly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| findings | /x  | Noun  | 
| facts | /  | Noun  | 
| arguing | /xx  | Verb  | 
| evidence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| abruptly | x/x  | Adverb  | 
| notions | /x  | Noun  | 
| interpretations | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| aristotle | /xxx  | Name  | 
| tendencies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| ends | /  | Verb  | 
| expectations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| implicitly | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| proposition | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| charge | /  | Verb  | 
| varying | /xx  | Verb  | 
| apparently | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| spoken | /x  | Verb  | 
| conclusions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| principles | /xx  | Noun  | 
| directly | x/x  | Adverb  | 
| contention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| cited | /x  | Verb  | 
| bible | /x  | Name  | 
| ideals | x/  | Noun  | 
| habit | /x  | Noun  | 
| wishes | /x  | Noun  | 
| publicly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| abhorrent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| abiding | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| abominable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| acceptance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| acres | /x  | Noun  | 
| adapting | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| adversarial | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| aiding | /x  | Noun  | 
| alternating | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| analyzing | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| beforehand | x/x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| buying | /x  | Noun  | 
| carrying | /xx  | Noun  | 
| choosing | /x  | Noun  | 
| commendation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| communicating | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| competing | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| cracker | /x  | Noun  | 
| debasing | x/x  | Noun  | 
| deniers | x/x  | Noun  | 
| desiring | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| destitute | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| diminishes | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| distinguishing | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| doctoring | /xx  | Noun  | 
| ennobling | x/x  | Noun  | 
| excel | x/  | Name, Verb  | 
| injurious | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| objectionable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| pernicious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| repugnant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| sacrosanct | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| seditious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| selfsame | //  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| sublime | x/  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| subversive | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| unchristian | x/x  | Adjective  | 
