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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| abstain | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cease | / | Noun, Verb |
| relent | x/ | Verb |
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb |
| forbear | x/ | Verb |
| forbid | x/ | Verb |
| forthwith | // | Adverb |
| comply | x/ | Verb |
| retaliate | x/xx | Verb |
| stop | / | Noun |
| enjoin | x/ | Verb |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| dissuade | x/ | Verb |
| persist | x/ | Verb |
| admonish | x/x | Verb |
| entreat | x/ | Verb |
| exhort | x/ | Verb |
| abate | x/ | Noun |
| oblige | x/ | Verb |
| continue | x/x | Verb |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective |
| badgering | /xx | Noun |
| abandon | x/x | Verb |
| intending | x/x | Verb |
| deter | x/ | Verb |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| remonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| commence | x/ | Verb |
| refusing | x/x | Verb |
| objecting | x/x | Verb |
| compel | x/ | Verb |
| quit | / | Verb |
| denouncing | x/x | Verb |
| discourage | x/x | Verb |
| entreaties | x/x | Noun |
| inciting | x/x | Verb |
| urging | /x | Verb |
| capitulate | x/xx | Verb |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| requesting | x/x | Verb |
| hesitate | /xx | Verb |
| vowing | /x | Verb |
| goading | /x | Noun |
| chide | / | Verb |
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb |
| uttering | /xx | Verb |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| chastise | x/ | Verb |
| implore | x/ | Verb |
| pestering | /xx | Verb |
| dare | / | Verb |
| reprimand | /xx | Noun |
| persuading | x/x | Verb |
| beseech | x/ | Verb |
| insist | x/ | Verb |
| cajoling | x/x | Noun |
| proceed | x/ | Verb |
| resist | x/ | Verb |
| displease | x/ | Verb |
| issuing | /xx | Verb |
| dignify | /xx | Verb |
| heed | / | Verb |
| deign | / | Verb |
| renounce | x/ | Verb |
| acquiesce | xx/ | Verb |
| prohibit | x/x | Verb |
| proscribe | x/ | Verb |
| lest | / | Adjective |
| necessitate | x/xx | Verb |
| attempting | x/x | Verb |
| henceforward | //x | Adverb |
| disperse | x/ | Verb |
| forsake | x/ | Verb |
| restrain | x/ | Verb |
| desiring | x/xx | Verb |
| tolerate | /xx | Verb |
| ordering | /xx | Noun |
| quarrelling | /xx | Verb |
| thence | / | Adverb |
| debar | x/ | Noun |
| instructing | x/x | Verb |
| rescind | x/ | Verb |
| thereby | // | Adverb |
| sanction | /x | Noun |
| subside | x/ | Verb |
| reproaching | x/x | Verb |
| cease and desist | //x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| give out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| rest | / | Noun |
| leave off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come to an end | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| leave alone | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| retire | x/ | Verb |
| terminate | /xx | Verb |
| halt | / | Noun |
| come to a stop | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| leave | / | Verb |
| lay off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| give up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| draw up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fine | / | Adjective |
| get off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stand down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| resign | x/ | Verb |
| stay | / | Verb |
| offending | x/x | Noun |
| molesting | x/x | Verb |
| therefrom | // | Noun |
| persecuting | /xxx | Verb |
| prosecuting | /xxx | Verb |
| adjudicative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| admiralty | /xxx | Noun |
| altering | /xx | Noun |
| appellate | x/x | Adjective |
| appointment | x/x | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| atone | x/ | Verb |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bacon | /x | Noun |
| benefice | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| bike | / | Noun, Verb |
| biographer | x/xx | Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bishopric | /xx | Noun |
| boss | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boswell | /x | Name |
| boycott | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cathartic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chronicler | /xx | Noun |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| confirmatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| consume | x/ | Verb |
| contempt | x/ | Noun |
| declaratory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| depend | x/ | Verb |
| determinative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| dispense | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| executory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fail | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| forego | x/ | Verb |
| forgo | x/ | Verb |
| fundraising | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| ingest | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| keep off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| persuasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| preferment | x/x | Noun |
| relinquish | x/x | Verb |
| revelatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| speak | / | Verb, Noun |
| surrender | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| take | / | Verb, Noun |
| take in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| tucker | /x | Name, Verb |
| waive | / | Verb, Noun |
| wife | / | Noun, Verb |
| withdraw | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
