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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| rotten | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| rotted | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| unsound | x/ | Adjective, Adjective | 
| degenerated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| decomposed | xx/ | Verb | 
| degraded | x/x | Adjective | 
| corroded | x/x | Adjective | 
| deteriorated | x/xxxx | Verb | 
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective | 
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| disintegrated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| diseased | x/ | Adjective | 
| eroded | x/x | Adjective | 
| faded | /x | Verb | 
| crumbled | /x | Verb | 
| discolored | x/x | Adjective | 
| overgrown | xx/ | Adjective | 
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective | 
| withered | /x | Adjective | 
| destroyed | x/ | Verb | 
| damaged | /x | Verb | 
| desiccated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| weakened | /x | Verb | 
| rusted | /x | Adjective | 
| denuded | x/x | Adjective | 
| atrophied | /xx | Verb | 
| shriveled | /x | Adjective | 
| shrunken | /x | Adjective | 
| mutilated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| calcified | /xx | Adjective | 
| moribund | /xx | Noun | 
| discarded | x/x | Verb | 
| broken | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| corrupted | x/x | Adjective | 
| blackened | /x | Verb | 
| deformed | x/ | Adjective | 
| abandoned | x/x | Verb | 
| depopulated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| disfigured | x/x | Adjective | 
| deadened | /x | Adjective | 
| tattered | /x | Adjective | 
| putrid | /x | Adjective | 
| fallen | /x | Verb | 
| mouldy | /x | Adjective | 
| infested | x/x | Adjective | 
| demolished | x/x | Verb | 
| reconstructed | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ossified | /xx | Adjective | 
| stagnated | /xx | Verb | 
| gnawed | / | Verb | 
| polluted | x/x | Adjective | 
| eviscerated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| contaminated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| desecrated | xx/x | Verb | 
| hollowed | /x | Adjective | 
| splintered | /x | Adjective | 
| despoiled | x/ | Verb | 
| destabilized | x/xx | Verb | 
| derelict | /xx | Noun | 
| annihilated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| sunken | /x | Adjective | 
| pulverized | /xx | Verb | 
| diminished | x/x | Adjective | 
| lifeless | /x | Adjective | 
| darkened | /x | Adjective | 
| stained | / | Adjective | 
| poisoned | /x | Verb | 
| collapsed | x/ | Verb | 
| scarred | / | Adjective | 
| wilted | /x | Adjective | 
| ravaged | /x | Adjective | 
| yellowed | /x | Adjective | 
| vanished | /x | Verb | 
| moldy | /x | Adjective | 
| neglected | x/x | Verb | 
| gnarled | / | Adjective | 
| decimated | /xxx | Verb | 
| rebuilt | x/ | Verb | 
| waterlogged | /xx | Adjective | 
| oxidized | /xx | Verb | 
| carious | /xx | Adjective | 
| rusty | /x | Noun | 
| weathered | /x | Adjective | 
| fissured | /x | Adjective | 
| ruptured | /x | Adjective | 
| rickety | /xx | Adjective | 
| smelly | /x | Adjective | 
| deceased | x/ | Adjective | 
| hoary | /x | Adjective | 
| wizened | /x | Adjective | 
| toothed | / | Adjective | 
| senescent | x/x | Noun | 
| dying | /x | Verb | 
| sour | /x | Adjective | 
| charred | / | Adjective | 
| fleshed | / | Adjective | 
| ragged | /x | Adjective | 
| sappy | /x | Adjective | 
| frozen | /x | Adjective | 
| skinned | / | Adjective | 
| musty | /x | Noun | 
| undead | xx | Noun | 
| boggy | /x | Noun | 
| stinking | /x | Noun | 
| woollen | /x | Noun | 
| gentility | x/xx | Noun | 
| manure | x/ | Noun | 
| missing | /x | Verb | 
| stumps | / | Noun | 
| dentine | /x | Noun | 
| wood | / | Noun | 
| thatch | / | Noun | 
| dentin | /x | Noun | 
| boroughs | /x | Noun | 
| corpse | / | Noun | 
| vegetation | xx/x | Noun | 
| vegetable | /xx | Noun | 
| carcasses | /xx | Noun | 
| wharf | / | Noun | 
| compost | /x | Noun | 
| fungus | /x | Noun | 
| timbers | /x | Noun | 
| logs | / | Noun | 
| remnants | /x | Noun | 
| trunks | / | Noun | 
| tenements | /xx | Noun | 
| tradesmen | /x | Noun | 
| grandeur | x/ | Noun | 
| gentry | /x | Noun | 
| refuse | x/ | Noun | 
| cabbage | /x | Noun | 
| cheeses | /x | Noun | 
| magnificence | x/xx | Noun | 
| mansion | /x | Noun | 
| mortar | /x | Noun | 
| abraded | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| attacked | x/ | Verb | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| believe | x/ | Verb | 
| burned | / | Adjective | 
| bushels | /x | Noun | 
| cleanest | /x | Adjective | 
| comminuted | x/xx | Adjective | 
| confess | x/ | Verb | 
| contested | x/x | Adjective | 
| crappy | /x | Adjective | 
| decadent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| decreased | x/ | Adjective | 
| demoted | x/x | Adjective | 
| deprecated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| dismembered | x/x | Adjective | 
| doth | / | Verb, Noun | 
| edible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| fossilized | /xx | Adjective | 
| francs | / | Noun | 
| gallant | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| lousy | /x | Adjective | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| patterned | /x | Adjective | 
| petrified | /xx | Adjective | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| read | / | Verb, Noun | 
| ruined | /x | Adjective | 
| settled | /x | Adjective | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sized | / | Adjective | 
| stripped | / | Adjective | 
| suffice | x/ | Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tinder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| undamaged | x/x | Adjective | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
