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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| forceful | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective | 
| gradual | /xx | Adjective | 
| change | / | Noun | 
| radical | /xx | Adjective | 
| significant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extreme | x/ | Adjective | 
| shocking | /x | Adjective | 
| startling | /x | Adjective | 
| noticeable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| profound | x/ | Adjective | 
| irreversible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| sudden | /x | Adjective | 
| unprecedented | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective | 
| rapid | /x | Adjective | 
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective | 
| serious | /xx | Adjective | 
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| severe | x/ | Adjective | 
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| horrific | x/x | Adjective | 
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| subtle | /x | Adjective | 
| horrible | /xx | Adjective | 
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective | 
| substantial | x/x | Adjective | 
| terrible | /xx | Adjective | 
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unthinkable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| heinous | /x | Adjective | 
| appreciable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| jarring | /x | Noun | 
| reversal | x/x | Noun | 
| slight | / | Adjective | 
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| egregious | x/x | Adjective | 
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| painful | /x | Adjective | 
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective | 
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| dire | / | Adjective | 
| incremental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| alarming | x/x | Adjective | 
| momentous | x/x | Adjective | 
| surprising | x/x | Adjective | 
| alteration | xx/x | Noun | 
| harsh | / | Adjective | 
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective | 
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extraordinary | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| brutal | /x | Adjective | 
| improvement | x/x | Noun | 
| troubling | /xx | Adjective | 
| bold | / | Adjective | 
| reductions | x/x | Noun | 
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| trivial | /xx | Adjective | 
| cutbacks | /x | Noun | 
| modification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| frightening | /xx | Adjective | 
| widespread | // | Adjective | 
| effect | x/ | Noun | 
| extravagant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| miraculous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| dreadful | /x | Adjective | 
| decisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| massive | /x | Adjective | 
| remarkable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective | 
| swift | / | Noun | 
| tremendous | x/x | Adjective | 
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| similar | /xx | Adjective | 
| tragic | /x | Adjective | 
| appalling | x/x | Adjective | 
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective | 
| obvious | /xx | Adjective | 
| noteworthy | /xx | Adjective | 
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective | 
| destructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| necessitated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| awful | /x | Adjective | 
| strange | / | Adjective | 
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| hideous | /xx | Adjective | 
| forcible | /xx | Adjective | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| fluctuation | xx/x | Noun | 
| insane | x/ | Adjective | 
| crazy | /x | Adjective | 
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unwise | x/ | Adjective | 
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective | 
| upheaval | x/x | Noun | 
| daring | /x | Adjective | 
| minimal | /xx | Adjective | 
| impactful | x/x | Noun | 
| difference | /xx | Noun | 
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| spectacular | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unreasonable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| shameful | /x | Adjective | 
| radically | /xx | Adverb | 
| irreparable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unforgivable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| mild | / | Adjective | 
| diminution | xx/x | Noun | 
| absurd | x/ | Adjective | 
| overhaul | /xx | Noun | 
| diminishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| ominous | /xx | Adjective | 
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| reverse | x/ | Noun | 
| worse | / | Adjective | 
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective | 
| exorbitant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unwarranted | x/xx | Adjective | 
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| risky | /x | Adjective | 
| strong | / | Adjective | 
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| striking | /x | Adjective | 
| sharp | / | Adjective | 
| vast | / | Adjective | 
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective | 
| grievous | /x | Adjective | 
| stringent | /x | Adjective | 
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective | 
| poignant | /x | Adjective | 
| vehement | /xx | Adjective | 
| tough | / | Adjective | 
| intense | x/ | Adjective | 
| shrewd | / | Adjective | 
| trenchant | /x | Adjective | 
| astringent | x/x | Adjective | 
| stabbing | /x | Noun | 
| fierce | / | Adjective | 
| sheer | / | Adjective | 
| stark | / | Name | 
| stunning | /x | Adjective | 
| strict | / | Adjective | 
| weighty | /x | Adjective | 
| affecting | x/x | Verb | 
| deep | / | Adjective | 
| seismic | /x | Adjective | 
| insistent | x/x | Adjective | 
| scathing | /x | Adjective | 
| rugged | /x | Adjective | 
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| snell | / | Name | 
| searching | /x | Noun | 
| curtailment | x/x | Noun | 
| cathartic | x/x | Noun | 
| quench | / | Noun | 
| abridgement | x/x | Noun | 
| lowering | /xx | Verb | 
| purgation | //x | Noun | 
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| advisable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| blatant | /x | Adjective | 
| categorically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dizzying | /xx | Adjective | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| efficacious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| enormous | x/x | Adjective | 
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| flagrant | /x | Adjective | 
| flatly | /x | Adverb | 
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| heated | /x | Adjective | 
| hefty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| huge | / | Adjective | 
| immense | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| important | x/x | Adjective | 
| incisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| marked | / | Adjective | 
| mass | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| progressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| reaching | /x | Noun | 
| resolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| robust | x/ | Adjective | 
| root | / | Noun, Verb | 
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| steep | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| stopgap | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| suggested | x/x | Verb | 
| sweeping | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tai | / | Noun | 
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| unconstitutional | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
