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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| purposeless | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| incessant | x/x | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| peripatetic | xxx/x | Noun |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| musing | /x | Noun |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| tepid | /x | Noun |
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective |
| fruitless | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| meandering | x/xx | Noun |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| furtive | /x | Adjective |
| sporadic | x/x | Adjective |
| ruminations | xx/x | Noun |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| impromptu | x/x | Noun |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| chitchat | /x | Noun |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| circuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| fitful | /x | Adjective |
| prefatory | /xxx | Noun |
| felicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dalliance | /xx | Noun |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| harangue | x/ | Noun |
| unsystematic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| longish | /x | Adjective |
| brisk | / | Adjective |
| fragmentary | /xxx | Adjective |
| sparse | / | Adjective |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| frantic | /x | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| feverish | /xx | Adjective |
| flirtation | x/x | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| halting | /x | Noun |
| assiduous | x/x | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| disorganised | x/xx | Adjective |
| random | /x | Noun |
| vagabond | /xx | Noun |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| inchoate | // | Adjective |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| disorganized | x/xx | Adjective |
| senseless | /x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| vagrant | /x | Noun |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| confused | x/ | Verb |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| impulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| cluttered | /x | Adjective |
| madcap | /x | Noun |
| unruly | x/x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| wanton | /x | Adjective |
| imprudent | x/x | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| irresponsible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| unreasoning | x/x | Adjective |
| witless | /x | Adjective |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective |
| stray | / | Noun |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| sniping | /x | Noun |
| skirmishing | /xx | Noun |
| firing | /x | Noun |
| shelling | /x | Noun |
| clapping | /x | Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun |
| chat | / | Noun |
| shooting | /x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| fashion | /x | Noun |
| wandering | /xx | Noun |
| bombardment | x/x | Noun |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| chatter | /x | Noun |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| apologies | x/xx | Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrels | /x | Noun |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| blinds | / | Verb |
| boast | / | Verb, Noun |
| bona | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bushels | /x | Noun |
| ceaseless | /x | Adjective |
| chasers | /x | Adjective |
| chases | /x | Verb, Noun |
| crutches | /x | Noun |
| discerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| dozen | /x | Noun |
| dreams | / | Noun |
| flourishes | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| inconclusive | xx/x | Adjective |
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| wish | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
