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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| except | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| demurrer | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| acquiesce | xx/ | Verb |
| meekly | /x | Adverb |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| avow | x/ | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| insist | x/ | Verb |
| unhesitatingly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| concede | x/ | Verb |
| bashful | /x | Adjective |
| loath | / | Adjective |
| proffer | /x | Noun |
| remonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| demure | x/ | Adjective |
| inclined | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| humbly | /x | Adverb |
| hesitate | /xx | Verb |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| relent | x/ | Verb |
| balk | / | Noun |
| hesitation | xx/x | Noun |
| timidly | /xx | Adverb |
| peremptorily | x/xxx | Adverb |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| scoff | / | Noun |
| intimated | /xxx | Verb |
| dare | / | Verb |
| defer | x/ | Verb |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| accede | x/ | Verb |
| indignantly | x/xx | Adverb |
| presume | x/ | Verb |
| sheepishly | /xx | Adverb |
| disinclined | xx/ | Verb |
| obliged | x/ | Verb |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| objected | x/x | Verb |
| rebuff | x/ | Noun |
| plead | / | Verb |
| chide | / | Verb |
| concur | x/ | Verb |
| shun | / | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| sneer | / | Noun |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| temerity | x/xx | Noun |
| politely | x/x | Adverb |
| reticence | /xx | Noun |
| aver | /x | Noun |
| haughtily | /xx | Adverb |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| repudiate | x/xx | Verb |
| incredulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| condescend | xx/ | Verb |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| coyly | /x | Adverb |
| protestation | xx/x | Noun |
| cheerfully | /xx | Adverb |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| recant | x/ | Verb |
| spurn | / | Verb |
| nonplussed | x/ | Verb |
| apologetically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| assented | x/x | Verb |
| opine | x/ | Verb |
| bespeak | x/ | Verb |
| shyly | /x | Adverb |
| preferring | x/x | Verb |
| forbear | x/ | Verb |
| averse | x/ | Adjective |
| compelled | x/ | Verb |
| deign | / | Verb |
| grudgingly | /xx | Adverb |
| diffidence | /xx | Noun |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| emphatically | x/xx | Adverb |
| brusquely | /x | Adverb |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| forego | x/ | Verb |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| reluctance | x/x | Noun |
| agreeable | x/xx | Adjective |
| accept | x/ | Verb |
| countenance | /xx | Noun |
| persuaded | x/x | Verb |
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun |
| presumptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| affirmatively | x/xxx | Adverb |
| protested | x/x | Verb |
| murmur | /x | Noun |
| tarry | /x | Noun |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| delay | x/ | Noun |
| retard | x/ | Verb |
| stay | / | Verb |
| halt | / | Noun |
| withhold | x/ | Verb |
| abstain | x/ | Verb |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dwell | / | Verb |
| deny | x/ | Verb |
| dally | /x | Name |
| dissent | x/ | Noun |
| hinder | /x | Verb |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| refrain | x/ | Noun |
| stay out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| indictment | x/x | Noun |
| defendant | x/x | Noun |
| plaintiff | /x | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| respectfully | x/xx | Adverb |
| ventured | /x | Verb |
| critics | /x | Noun |
| annoyance | x/x | Noun |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| concession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| disagreement | xx/x | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| intermission | xx/x | Noun |
| misgiving | x/x | Noun |
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pretence | x/ | Noun |
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| remonstrance | x/x | Noun |
| reservation | xx/x | Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun |
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
