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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 |
