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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dire | / | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| appraising | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vital | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| discriminative | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| indispensable | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| scathing | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| judicial | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| evaluative | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| grave | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| supercritical | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| essential | x/x | Adjective |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| strategic | x/x | Noun |
| valuable | /xx | Adjective |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective |
| significant | x/xx | Adjective |
| specific | x/x | Adjective |
| foundational | x/xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective |
| paramount | /xx | Name |
| major | /x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pertinent | /xx | Adjective |
| invaluable | x/xx | Adjective |
| technical | /xx | Name |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| integral | /xx | Noun |
| optimal | /xx | Adjective |
| influential | xx/x | Adjective |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Noun |
| certain | /x | Adjective |
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| optimum | /xx | Noun |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| operational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| central | /x | Noun |
| objective | x/x | Noun |
| noteworthy | /xx | Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| prioritizing | x/xxx | Noun |
| practical | /xx | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| useful | /x | Adjective |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| theoretical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| especially | x/x | Adverb |
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective |
| primary | /xx | Adjective |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| adequate | /xx | Adjective |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| scientific | xx/x | Noun |
| timely | /x | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| compromising | /xxx | Verb |
| positive | /xx | Adjective |
| relevance | /xx | Noun |
| worthwhile | // | Adjective |
| determining | x/xx | Verb |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| initial | x/x | Adjective |
| legitimate | x/xx | Adjective |
| understanding | xx/x | Noun |
| analytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| remarkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| tangential | x/x | Adjective |
| notable | /xx | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| cutting | /x | Noun |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| culpable | /xx | Adjective |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| jaundiced | /x | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| prejudiced | /xx | Adjective |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| condemned | x/ | Verb |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| cynic | /x | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| unfaithful | x/x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| deprecating | /xxx | Noun |
| suspect | x/ | Noun |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pointed | /x | Verb |
| maligned | x/ | Adjective |
| crusty | /x | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| debriefing | x/x | Verb |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| time | / | Verb |
| scholarly | /xx | Adverb |
| pedagogy | /xxx | Noun |
| openly | /xx | Adverb |
| acclaim | x/ | Noun |
| slowing | /x | Verb |
| appraisal | x/x | Noun |
| criminology | xx/xx | Noun |
| reappraisal | xx/x | Noun |
| damping | /x | Noun |
| exponents | x/x | Noun |
| acumen | x/x | Noun |
| ethnography | x/xx | Noun |
| infrastructures | xx/x | Noun |
| essays | x/ | Noun |
| thinking | /x | Noun |
| realists | /xx | Noun |
| rationalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| upgraded | x/x | Verb |
| scrutiny | /xx | Noun |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| reception | x/x | Noun |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| analyze | /xx | Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| barbed | / | Adjective |
| bibliography | xx/xx | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bioethical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| citations | x/x | Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compilations | xx/x | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| conclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| considered | x/x | Adjective |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun, Verb |
| criticise | /xx | Verb |
| criticised | /xx | Verb |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| criticize | /xx | Verb |
| critique | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cultural | /xx | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deciding | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| defining | x/x | Adjective |
| definitive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| determinant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| determinative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| discerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dispassionate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| editing | /xx | Noun |
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| epidemiologic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| exigency | x/xx | Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| father | /x | Noun, Verb |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hinge | / | Noun, Verb |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hospital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| inconclusive | xx/x | Adjective |
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| insightful | /xx | Adjective |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| judge | / | Noun, Verb |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| jurisprudential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| knock | / | Verb, Noun |
| landmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| leading | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| marx | / | Name |
| material | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| medical | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| monetary | /xxx | Adjective |
| needed | /x | Adjective |
| notes | / | Noun |
| notices | /xx | Noun |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| panic | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| parents | /x | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| predicate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| primordial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prominent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prudent | /x | Adjective |
| required | x/x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| review | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reviewer | x/x | Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| root | / | Noun, Verb |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| sceptical | /xx | Adjective |
| seminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
