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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| invent | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| formulate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| devise | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| design | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| project | /x | Verb, Verb |
| plan | / | Verb, Verb |
| cast | / | Verb, Verb |
| throw | / | Verb, Verb |
| forge | / | Verb, Verb |
| conspire | x/x | Verb |
| concoct | x/ | Verb |
| endeavored | x/x | Verb |
| endeavouring | x/xx | Verb |
| attempt | x/ | Noun |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| conceive | x/ | Verb |
| procure | x/ | Verb |
| employ | x/ | Verb |
| instigate | /xx | Verb |
| furnish | /x | Verb |
| beguile | x/ | Verb |
| persuade | x/ | Verb |
| fabricate | /xx | Verb |
| scheme | / | Noun, Verb |
| induce | x/ | Verb |
| explicate | /xx | Verb |
| construct | x/ | Verb |
| dramatize | /xx | Verb |
| compel | x/ | Verb |
| propose | x/ | Verb |
| conjure | /x | Verb |
| manage | /x | Verb |
| strive | / | Verb |
| impel | x/ | Verb |
| arrange | x/ | Verb |
| collude | x/ | Verb |
| seek | / | Verb |
| create | x/ | Verb |
| thwart | / | Verb |
| apprehend | xx/ | Verb |
| obliged | x/ | Verb |
| surmount | x/ | Verb |
| manipulate | x/xx | Verb |
| contend | x/ | Verb |
| deign | / | Verb |
| delude | x/ | Verb |
| perpetrate | /xx | Verb |
| envisage | x/x | Verb |
| orchestrate | /xx | Verb |
| insinuate | x/xx | Verb |
| could | / | Verb, Noun |
| conceptualise | x/x/ | Verb |
| wrangle | /x | Noun |
| dissemble | x/x | Verb |
| ascribe | x/ | Verb |
| gratify | /xx | Verb |
| conceal | x/ | Verb |
| ensnare | x/ | Verb |
| enable | x/x | Verb |
| ought | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| able | /x | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| accomplish | x/x | Verb |
| necessitate | x/xx | Verb |
| proffer | /x | Noun |
| extricate | /xx | Verb |
| imitate | /xx | Verb |
| outdo | x/ | Verb |
| subvert | x/ | Verb |
| intend | x/ | Verb |
| confound | x/ | Verb |
| perchance | x/ | Adverb |
| undertake | /xx | Verb |
| allude | x/ | Verb |
| vitiate | /xx | Verb |
| provoke | x/ | Verb |
| postulate | /xx | Noun |
| justify | /xx | Verb |
| rouse | / | Noun |
| entrap | x/ | Verb |
| deduce | x/ | Verb |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| impute | x/ | Verb |
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
| outwit | /x | Verb |
| construe | x/ | Verb |
| infer | x/ | Verb |
| needful | /x | Adjective |
| conceptualize | x/xx | Verb |
| condescend | xx/ | Verb |
| assail | x/ | Verb |
| adduce | x/ | Verb |
| forestall | x/ | Verb |
| convince | x/ | Verb |
| recollect | xx/ | Verb |
| confine | x/ | Verb |
| improvise | /xx | Verb |
| utilise | x/x | Verb |
| exploit | /x | Verb |
| circumvent | xx/ | Verb |
| tempt | / | Verb |
| anticipate | x/xx | Verb |
| prepare | x/ | Verb |
| propound | x/ | Verb |
| actualize | /xxx | Verb |
| fail | / | Verb |
| promulgate | x/x | Verb |
| come up with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| instrument | /xx | Noun |
| think up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| engineer | /x/ | Noun |
| carve | / | Verb |
| make up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| make shift | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| imagine | x/x | Verb |
| dream up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lay out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| script | / | Noun |
| cook | / | Noun |
| think of | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| feign | / | Verb |
| strategize | /xx | Verb |
| make | / | Verb |
| compose | x/ | Verb |
| mint | / | Noun |
| concert | /x | Noun |
| aught | / | Adverb |
| azure | /x | Noun |
| catapults | /xx | Noun |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| accords | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| acquire | x/x | Verb |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cease | / | Verb, Noun |
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dread | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fare | / | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| hath | / | Noun |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| map | / | Noun, Verb |
| map out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| respond | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| shoot | / | Verb, Noun |
| slew | / | Noun, Verb |
| some | / | Adverb |
| speak | / | Verb, Noun |
| subsist | x/ | Verb |
| such | / | Noun |
| suggest | x/ | Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| these | / | |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
| untried | x/ | Adjective |
| weave | / | Verb, Noun |
| will | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
