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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| slow | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| cautious | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dawdling | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pokey | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| fabian | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| profligate | /xx | Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective |
| forestalling | x/x | Verb |
| sclerotic | x/x | Noun |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| inattentive | xx/x | Adjective |
| torpid | /x | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Noun |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| tactless | /x | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| delay | x/ | Noun |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| insubordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| punctilious | x/xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| expeditious | xx/x | Adjective |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| adroit | x/ | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| infantile | /xx | Noun |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| graceless | /x | Adjective |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Noun |
| chastising | x/x | Verb |
| circuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| badgering | /xx | Noun |
| chiding | /x | Noun |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| stalling | /x | Noun |
| uncivil | x/x | Noun |
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective |
| trifle | /x | Noun |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| deferred | x/ | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| preventive | x/x | Adjective |
| retardant | x/x | Noun |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| postponed | x/ | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| late | / | Adjective |
| stale | / | Noun |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| sloth | / | Noun |
| tactics | /x | Noun |
| pleas | / | Noun |
| motions | /x | Noun |
| proceedings | x/x | Noun |
| correspondent | xx/x | Noun |
| caution | /x | Noun |
| habits | /x | Noun |
| litigation | xx/x | Noun |
| maneuvers | x/x | Noun |
| conduct | x/ | Noun |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| pace | / | Noun |
| fashion | /x | Noun |
| notation | x/x | Noun |
| acting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| answering | /xx | Noun |
| arguing | /xx | Noun |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| belated | x/x | Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| bringing | /x | Noun |
| bushels | /x | Noun |
| captaincy | /xx | Noun |
| catering | /xx | Noun |
| chemist | /x | Noun |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| communicating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| composing | x/x | Adjective |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| conveyance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| humane | x/ | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| manipulative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| proactive | //x | Adjective |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| sympathizer | /xxx | Noun |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, 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 |
