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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| plodding | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grind | / | Verb, Noun |
| tedium | /xx | Noun |
| drudge | / | Noun |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| humdrum | /x | Noun |
| toil | / | Noun |
| chore | / | Noun |
| dreary | /x | Adjective |
| boredom | /x | Noun |
| menial | /xx | Adjective |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| workaday | /xx | Adjective |
| servitude | /xx | Noun |
| dullness | /x | Noun |
| banality | x/xx | Noun |
| ennui | x/x | Noun |
| backbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| idleness | /xx | Noun |
| housework | /x | Noun |
| quotidian | //xx | Noun |
| slogging | /x | Verb |
| workday | /x | Noun |
| domesticity | xx/xx | Noun |
| hassles | /x | Noun |
| busyness | //x | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| rigors | /x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| weariness | /xx | Noun |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun |
| indolence | /xx | Noun |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| laziness | /xx | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| unremitting | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretchedness | /xx | Noun |
| mediocrity | xx/xx | Noun |
| dread | / | Noun |
| ignominy | /xxx | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| futility | x/xx | Noun |
| slaving | /x | Noun |
| frivolity | x/xx | Noun |
| uselessness | /xx | Noun |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective |
| serfdom | /x | Noun |
| triviality | xx/xx | Noun |
| routine | x/ | Noun |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| task | / | Noun |
| travail | x/ | Noun |
| bustle | /x | Noun |
| unrelieved | xx/ | Adjective |
| exertion | x/x | Noun |
| life | / | Noun |
| stress | / | Noun |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| fatigue | x/ | Noun |
| scut work | // | Phrase, Noun |
| waste of time | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| one thing after another | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| trials and tribulations | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| exercise in futility | /xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| obstacle course | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| duress | /x | Noun |
| drivel | /x | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| scrub | / | Noun |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| indignity | x/xx | Noun |
| grumbling | /xx | Noun |
| the pits | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| mindless | /x | Adjective |
| thankless | /x | Adjective |
| housekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| emancipate | x/xx | Verb |
| stoop | / | Verb |
| respite | /x | Noun |
| miscarriages | x/xx | Noun |
| slavish | /x | Adjective |
| meanest | /x | Adjective |
| unmitigated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| diligently | /xxx | Adverb |
| divine | x/ | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| harder | /x | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| impatience | x/x | Noun |
| journeying | /xx | Noun |
| labour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reiteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| salve | / | Noun, Verb |
| torment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| torture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
