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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| indigent | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| needy | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| friendless | /x | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| starve | / | Verb |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| landless | /x | Noun |
| orphans | /x | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| perishing | /xx | Noun |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| paupers | /x | Noun |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| defenseless | x/x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| fatherless | /xx | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| ragged | /x | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| bedraggled | x/x | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| poorhouse | /x | Noun |
| forsaken | x/x | Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective |
| deserted | x/x | Verb |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| pitied | /x | Verb |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| undeserving | xx/x | Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective |
| wretches | /x | Noun |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| dissolute | xx/ | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| despoiled | x/ | Verb |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disinherited | xx/xx | Name |
| motherless | /xx | Noun |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| hovels | /x | Noun |
| widow | /x | Noun |
| alms | / | Noun |
| unemployed | xx/ | Adjective |
| worthless | /x | Adjective |
| withered | /x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| mistreated | x/x | Verb |
| devoid | x/ | Noun |
| void | / | Noun |
| empty | /x | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| derelict | /xx | Noun |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective |
| truncated | /xx | Adjective |
| broke | / | Verb |
| depleted | x/x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| vagrants | /x | Noun |
| freedmen | /x | Noun |
| cannibals | /xx | Noun |
| irish | /x | Name |
| wanderers | /xx | Noun |
| refugee | /xx | Noun |
| pastoralists | /xxx | Noun |
| seamen | /x | Noun |
| fugitives | /xx | Noun |
| emigrants | /xx | Noun |
| mexicans | /xx | Name |
| alone | x/ | Adverb |
| nomads | /x | Noun |
| peasants | /x | Noun |
| aliens | /xx | Noun |
| seekers | /x | Noun |
| newcomers | /xx | Noun |
| weavers | /x | Noun |
| miners | /x | Noun |
| defendants | x/x | Noun |
| families | /xx | Noun |
| millions | /x | Noun |
| abandoned | x/x | Adjective |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| achromatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| blind | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| enlightenment | x/xx | Noun |
| enslaved | x/ | Noun |
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| ruined | /x | Adjective |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| suffice | x/ | Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| unprotected | xx/x | Adjective |
| vulnerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| wealthier | /xx | Adjective |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
