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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| refuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| resist | x/ | Noun, Verb, Noun |
| withstand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dare | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| hold | / | Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| apply | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ignoring | x/x | Verb |
| flouting | /x | Verb |
| disregarding | xx/x | Verb |
| bucking | /x | Verb |
| despite | x/ | Verb |
| heeding | /x | Verb |
| obeyed | x/ | Verb |
| confounding | x/x | Verb |
| quashing | /x | Verb |
| breaching | /x | Verb |
| upholding | x/x | Verb |
| trumped | / | Verb |
| imposing | x/x | Verb |
| adhering | x/x | Verb |
| disobeyed | xx/ | Verb |
| rejecting | x/x | Verb |
| reversing | x/x | Verb |
| invoking | x/x | Verb |
| subverting | x/x | Verb |
| circumventing | xx/x | Verb |
| undeterred | xx/ | Verb |
| lifting | /x | Verb |
| overturning | /xxx | Verb |
| sidestepping | /xx | Verb |
| evading | x/x | Verb |
| skirting | /x | Verb |
| scorning | /x | Verb |
| breaking | /x | Verb |
| overrode | /x/ | Verb |
| busting | /x | Verb |
| undaunted | x/x | Verb |
| exceeding | x/x | Verb |
| succumbing | x/x | Verb |
| shattering | /xx | Verb |
| overruling | /xxx | Verb |
| beating | /x | Verb |
| contradicts | xx/ | Verb |
| violating | /xxx | Verb |
| shrugging | /x | Verb |
| transgressing | x/x | Verb |
| bowing | /x | Verb |
| abided | x/x | Verb |
| unfazed | x/ | Verb |
| acquiescing | xx/x | Verb |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| unmoved | x/ | Verb |
| justifying | /xxx | Verb |
| notwithstanding | xx/x | Verb |
| flaunting | /x | Verb |
| overshadowing | /x/xx | Verb |
| complying | x/x | Verb |
| contravening | /x/x | Verb |
| dismissing | x/x | Verb |
| tempering | /xx | Verb |
| trampling | /x | Verb |
| forcing | /x | Verb |
| challenging | /xx | Verb |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| following | /xx | Verb |
| amid | x/ | Verb |
| dashed | / | Verb |
| braving | /x | Verb |
| obliterating | x/xxx | Verb |
| ridiculing | /xxx | Verb |
| abandoning | x/xx | Verb |
| betraying | x/x | Verb |
| enforcing | x/x | Verb |
| buoyed | /x | Verb |
| undermining | /xxx | Verb |
| smashing | /x | Verb |
| thumbing | /x | Verb |
| forsaking | x/x | Verb |
| denying | x/x | Verb |
| buttressed | /x | Verb |
| prompting | /x | Verb |
| shunning | /x | Verb |
| mocked | / | Verb |
| emboldened | x/x | Verb |
| stoking | /x | Verb |
| dodging | /x | Verb |
| transcending | x/x | Verb |
| nullifying | /xxx | Verb |
| squashing | /x | Verb |
| conjuring | /xx | Verb |
| reinforced | xx/ | Verb |
| pushing | /x | Verb |
| flagrantly | /xx | Adverb |
| brazenly | /xx | Adverb |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| ajax | /x | Name |
| blatantly | /xx | Adverb |
| immemorial | xx/xx | Noun |
| subpoenas | x/x | Noun |
| bans | / | Noun |
| openly | /xx | Adverb |
| categorization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| willfully | /xx | Adverb |
| curfew | /x | Noun |
| heroically | x/xx | Adverb |
| jailed | / | Verb |
| chastisement | x/x | Noun |
| edicts | /x | Noun |
| taboos | x/ | Noun |
| injunctions | x/x | Noun |
| might | / | Noun |
| mores | /x | Noun |
| glared | / | Verb |
| oppressors | x/x | Noun |
| odds | / | Noun |
| lightning | /x | Noun |
| conventions | x/x | Noun |
| seemingly | /xx | Adverb |
| risking | /x | Verb |
| wishing | /x | Verb |
| dictates | x/ | Noun |
| boldly | /x | Adverb |
| prohibitions | xx/x | Noun |
| strictures | /x | Noun |
| persisted | x/x | Verb |
| impunity | x/xx | Noun |
| stereotypes | /xxx | Noun |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| ravages | /xx | Noun |
| reared | / | Verb |
| zeus | / | Name |
| stubbornly | /xx | Adverb |
| whip | / | Noun |
| orders | /x | Noun |
| arrested | x/x | Verb |
| canons | /x | Noun |
| censorship | /xx | Noun |
| laws | / | Noun |
| norms | / | Noun |
| imprisoned | x/x | Verb |
| deliberately | x/xxx | Adverb |
| orthodoxy | /xxx | Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun |
| predictions | x/x | Noun |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun |
| superiors | x/xx | Noun |
| comprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| warnings | /x | Noun |
| alike | x/ | Adverb |
| tyrant | /x | Noun |
| expelled | x/ | Verb |
| directives | x/x | Noun |
| classification | xxx/x | Noun |
| sentenced | /x | Verb |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| gods | / | Noun |
| nazis | // | Name |
| expectations | xx/x | Noun |
| foe | / | Noun |
| dream | / | Verb |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| absorbing | x/x | Adjective |
| acrobatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| adjusting | x/x | Noun |
| airing | /x | Noun |
| anna | /x | Name |
| aplomb | x/ | Noun |
| bandit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basketball | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| biscuit | /x | Noun |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| bringing | /x | Noun |
| chivalrous | /xx | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| courageous | x/x | Adjective |
| daredevil | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| death | / | Noun |
| defiance | x/x | Noun |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| embracing | x/x | Noun |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| francs | / | Noun |
| godlike | /x | Adjective |
| grog | / | Noun, Verb |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| lawless | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| magnanimous | x/xx | Adjective |
| observing | x/x | Noun |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| reckless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rood | / | Noun |
| sacrificing | /xxx | Verb |
| selfless | /x | Adjective |
| sprung | / | Adjective |
| superhuman | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| virile | /x | Adjective |
| won | / | Verb, Noun |
