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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| dear | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| sincere | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| purposeful | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| devout | x/ | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| solemn | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| impassioned | x/x | Adjective |
| fervent | /x | Adjective |
| diligent | /xx | Adjective |
| guileless | /x | Adjective |
| prayerful | /x | Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| ardent | /x | Adjective |
| assiduous | x/x | Adjective |
| passionate | /xx | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| entreaty | x/x | Noun |
| enthusiastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| fervid | /x | Adjective |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| commenced | x/ | Verb |
| winsome | /x | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| conscientious | xx/x | Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective |
| dutiful | /xx | Adjective |
| zealous | /x | Adjective |
| persevering | xx/x | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| studious | /xx | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| spirited | /xx | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| early | /x | Adjective |
| disinterested | x/xx | Adjective |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| humble | /x | Adjective |
| dispassionate | x/xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| fervor | /x | Noun |
| dogged | / | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| unflinching | x/x | Adjective |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| thoughtful | /x | Adjective |
| worshipful | /xx | Noun |
| unabashed | xx/ | Adjective |
| zeal | / | Noun |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| beseeching | x/x | Verb |
| genial | /x | Adjective |
| feverish | /xx | Adjective |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| fervour | /x | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| frenzied | /x | Adjective |
| frantic | /x | Adjective |
| sanguine | /x | Adjective |
| sincerity | x/xx | Noun |
| audacious | x/x | Adjective |
| exhortation | xx/x | Noun |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| diligence | /xx | Noun |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gravitas | /xx | Noun |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| inwardness | /xx | Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| heaviness | /xx | Noun |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| solemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| avidity | x/xx | Noun |
| enthusiasm | x/xxx | Noun |
| sobriety | x/xx | Noun |
| intention | x/x | Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| keenness | /x | Noun |
| eagerness | /xx | Noun |
| alacrity | x/xx | Noun |
| heft | / | Noun |
| grit | / | Noun |
| steadfast | /x | Adjective |
| will | / | Noun |
| emphasis | /xx | Noun |
| intentionality | x/x/xx | Noun |
| intension | x/x | Noun |
| intensity | x/xx | Noun |
| unction | /x | Noun |
| firmness | /x | Noun |
| grain | / | Noun |
| weight | / | Noun |
| jest | / | Noun |
| bartram | /x | Name |
| gottschalk | /x | Name |
| deadliest | /xx | Adjective |
| sober | /x | Adjective |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| goodwill | // | Noun |
| pledge | / | Noun |
| omnipotence | x/xx | Noun |
| womb | / | Noun |
| eminence | /xx | Noun |
| resolve | x/ | Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| gaze | / | Noun |
| immortality | xx/xx | Noun |
| mitchell | /x | Name |
| raining | /x | Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| agonised | /xx | Adjective |
| agonized | /xx | Adjective |
| anguished | /x | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| assurance | x/x | Noun |
| avid | /x | Adjective |
| baffled | /x | Adjective |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| compassionate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| consolation | xx/x | Noun |
| consternation | xx/x | Noun |
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| discouraged | x/x | Adjective |
| disgrace | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| earnest money | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| engaged | x/ | Adjective |
| ernst | / | Name |
| faithful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| frank | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| fright | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| genuine | /xx | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| honesty | /xx | Noun |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| meticulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| mortification | /xxx | Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| petition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| pity | /x | Noun, Verb |
| practical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| refreshment | x/x | Noun |
| remorse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| revenge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reverent | /xx | Adjective |
| satisfaction | xx/x | Noun |
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb |
| severity | x/xx | Noun |
| sir | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| staunch | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tireless | /xx | Adjective |
| trustful | /x | Adjective |
| truth | / | Noun, Verb |
| truthful | /x | Adjective |
| unremitting | xx/x | Adjective |
| untiring | x/x | Adjective |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| vivo | /x | Adjective |
| warm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| weariness | /xx | Noun |
| wholehearted | /xx | Adjective |
| write | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
