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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| affected | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| planned | / | Verb, Adjective |
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| stilted | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| concocted | x/x | Verb |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
| scripted | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| unconvincing | xx/x | Adjective |
| exaggerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| believable | x/xx | Adjective |
| feigned | / | Adjective |
| manipulated | x/xxx | Verb |
| lame | / | Noun |
| rehearsed | x/ | Verb |
| preposterous | x/xx | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| disguised | x/ | Adjective |
| preplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| dramatized | /xx | Verb |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| laughable | /xx | Adjective |
| uninspired | xx/x | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| constructed | x/x | Verb |
| predictable | x/xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| staged | / | Verb |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| pretended | x/x | Verb |
| orchestrated | /xxx | Verb |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| misconceived | xx/ | Adjective |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| engineered | xx/ | Verb |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| improvised | /xx | Verb |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| unconnected | xx/x | Adjective |
| cleverly | /xx | Adverb |
| fabricated | /xxx | Verb |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| faked | / | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| subverted | x/x | Verb |
| bizarrely | x/x | Adjective |
| corny | /x | Noun |
| overdone | /x/ | Verb |
| contorted | x/x | Adjective |
| amusingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| constrained | x/ | Adjective |
| plausible | /xx | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| seemly | /x | Adjective |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| devised | x/ | Verb |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| premeditated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| elaborate | x/x | Adjective |
| farfetched | // | Adjective |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| cultured | /x | Adjective |
| purposed | /x | Verb |
| forced | / | Verb |
| inventive | x/x | Adjective |
| wilful | /x | Adjective |
| intentional | x/xx | Adjective |
| machined | x/ | Adjective |
| worked | / | Verb |
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| directed | x/x | Verb |
| trained | / | Adjective |
| meditated | /xxx | Verb |
| styled | / | Adjective |
| measured | /x | Verb |
| assumed | x/ | Verb |
| fashioned | /x | Adjective |
| concerted | x/x | Adjective |
| intentioned | x/x | Adjective |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| choreographed | /xxx | Adjective |
| linear | /xx | Noun |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| organic | x/x | Adjective |
| colored | /x | Adjective |
| ritualized | /xxx | Adjective |
| altered | /x | Verb |
| cobbled | /x | Adjective |
| spontaneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| homemade | // | Noun |
| fronted | /x | Adjective |
| forethought | /x | Noun |
| curated | x/x | Verb |
| patterned | /x | Adjective |
| doctored | /x | Verb |
| scratch | / | Noun |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| pro forma | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| improvisational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| controlled | x/ | Adjective |
| inlaid | /x | Adjective |
| precipitated | x/xxx | Verb |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| masterful | /xx | Adjective |
| casualness | /xxx | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| reinforcers | xx/x | Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| corridors | /xx | Noun |
| artifact | /xx | Noun |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| dualism | /xxx | Noun |
| situations | xx/x | Noun |
| innocence | /xx | Noun |
| contingencies | x/xx | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| settings | /x | Noun |
| sale | / | Noun |
| item | /x | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| experiment | x/xx | Noun |
| attractions | x/x | Noun |
| simplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| ending | /x | Noun |
| consensus | x/x | Noun |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| observation | xx/x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| incident | /xx | Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| analogous | x/xx | Adjective |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| bet | / | Verb, Noun |
| built | / | Adjective, Noun |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| created | x/x | Verb |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| drawn | / | Adjective |
| evade | x/ | Verb |
| fired | /x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| ingenious | x/x | Adjective |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| macabre | x/x | Adjective |
| manufactured | xx/x | Adjective |
| organized | /xx | Adjective |
| overdetermined | /xx/x | Adjective |
| prank | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| realistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| repute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| similar | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| simplest | /x | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| surrealistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| thing | / | Noun, Verb |
| while | / | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
