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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sly | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| artful | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| clever | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| adroit | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| attractive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ingenious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| cute | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| craft | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| slick | / | Verb, Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| skilful | /x | Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sneaky | /x | Adjective |
| skillful | /x | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| resourceful | x/x | Adjective |
| canny | /x | Noun |
| machiavellian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| manipulative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| savvy | /x | Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun |
| wiles | / | Noun |
| devilish | /x | Adjective |
| brazen | /x | Noun |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| dexterous | /xx | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ingenuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| smart | / | Name |
| deft | / | Noun |
| adept | x/ | Noun |
| trickster | /x | Noun |
| scheming | /x | Noun |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| stealthy | /x | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| outwit | /x | Verb |
| sophisticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| masterful | /xx | Adjective |
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| wicked | /x | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| wise | / | Adjective |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| cleverest | /xx | Adjective |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| impish | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| subtlety | /xx | Noun |
| cleverer | /xx | Adjective |
| audacious | x/x | Adjective |
| imaginative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| roguish | xx | Adjective |
| genius | /x | Noun |
| sagacity | x/xx | Noun |
| daring | /x | Adjective |
| suave | / | Adjective |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| outsmart | /x | Verb |
| tenacity | x/xx | Noun |
| opportunistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| brilliant | /x | Adjective |
| shifty | /x | Adjective |
| finesse | x/ | Noun |
| remorseless | x/x | Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| inventive | x/x | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| unprincipled | x/xx | Adjective |
| nimble | /x | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fearless | /x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| skilled | / | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| politic | /xx | Noun |
| furtive | /x | Adjective |
| knowing | /x | Verb |
| slimy | /x | Noun |
| designing | x/x | Verb |
| slinky | /x | Name |
| stealth | / | Noun |
| artificer | /xxx | Noun |
| leer | / | Noun |
| usurp | x/ | Verb |
| outdone | // | Verb |
| knave | / | Noun |
| odysseus | x/xx | Name |
| renowned | x/ | Verb |
| resorts | x/ | Verb |
| jackal | /x | Noun |
| duplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| deceiver | x/x | Noun |
| ability | x/xx | Noun |
| arch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| avidity | x/xx | Noun |
| bluff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| depth | / | Noun |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| durability | xx/xx | Noun |
| eloquence | /xx | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| excellency | //x | Noun |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fox | / | Noun, Verb |
| fruitfulness | /xx | Noun |
| hardness | /x | Noun |
| humanity | x/xx | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| magnanimity | /x/xx | Noun |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| malleability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| naive | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| obliquity | x/xx | Noun |
| odds | / | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ploy | / | Noun, Verb |
| refined | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| russian | /x | Adjective, Name |
| shark | / | Noun, Verb |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| sniper | /x | Noun |
| stupid | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| trick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
