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WordSyllablesCategories
accentuate
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Verb, Verb
punctuate
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Verb, Verb
accent
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Verb, Verb, Noun
underline
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Noun, Verb
underscore
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Verb, Verb
stress
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
bring out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
set off
//
Phrase, Verb
emphasise
/xx
Verb
reiterate
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Verb, Adverb
downplay
/x
Verb
highlight
/x
Noun
demonstrate
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Verb
overemphasize
/x/xx
Verb
remind
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Verb
allude
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Verb
illustrate
/xx
Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
emphasised
/xx
Verb
reinforce
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Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
reaffirm
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Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
reflect
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Verb
elucidate
x/xx
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
affirm
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Verb
suggest
x/
Verb
understand
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Verb
dramatize
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Verb
exemplify
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Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
summarize
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Verb
argue
/x
Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
convey
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Verb
assure
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Verb
focus
/x
Noun
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
describe
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Verb
exaggerate
x/xx
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
tell
/
Verb
extol
x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
expound
x/
Verb
depict
x/
Verb
portray
x/
Verb
define
x/
Verb
strive
/
Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
juxtapose
xx/
Verb
recapitulate
xx/xx
Verb
signify
/xx
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
showcase
/x
Noun
specify
/xx
Verb
scrutinize
/xx
Verb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
reassure
xx/
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
realize
/xx
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
reveal
x/
Verb
epitomize
x/xx
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
criticize
/xx
Verb
reassert
xx/
Verb
denigrate
/xx
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
prioritize
x/xx
Verb
explicate
/xx
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
know
/
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
analyze
/xx
Verb
reexamine
xx/x
Verb
assert
x/
Verb
tend
/
Verb
symbolize
/xx
Verb
maximize
/xx
Verb
observe
x/
Verb
interject
xx/
Verb
contextualize
x/xxx
Verb
insinuate
x/xx
Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
refer
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
include
x/
Verb
think
/
Verb
rethink
x/
Verb
warn
/
Verb
denote
x/
Verb
eschew
x/
Verb
connote
x/
Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
negate
x/
Verb
confirm
x/
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
amplify
/xx
Verb
promote
x/
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
misunderstand
xxx/
Verb
typify
/xx
Verb
problematize
/xxx
Verb
publicize
/xx
Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
should
/
Verb, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
proclaim
x/
Verb
press
/
Noun
point up
//
Phrase, Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
magnify
/xx
Verb
elevate
/xx
Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
forefront
/x
Noun
concentrate
/xx
Noun
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
labour
/x
Noun
put a premium on
/x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
enrich
x/
Verb
endear
x/
Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
escalate
/xx
Verb
encapsulate
x/xx
Verb
key into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wellness
/x
Adjective
distinctiveness
x/xx
Noun
centrality
x/xx
Noun
uniqueness
x/x
Noun
importance
x/x
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
theorists
/xx
Noun
primacy
/xx
Noun
unduly
x/x
Adverb
interdependence
xxx/x
Noun
desirability
xxx/xx
Noun
acknowledgement
x/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
comprise
x/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
cultural
/xx
Adjective
curatorial
xx/xx
Adjective
deals
/
Adjective
derive
x/
Verb
deserving
x/x
Noun, Adjective
differences
/xxx
Adjective
docs
/
Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
emphatically
x/xx
Adverb
enhance
x/
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exacerbate
x/xx
Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
impersonal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
impress
x/
Verb, Noun
integrate
/xx
Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
make
/
Verb, Noun
mark
/
Noun, Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
mundane
x/
Adjective, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noteworthy
/xx
Adjective, Noun
nutshell
/x
Noun, Verb
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
overstate
/xx
Verb
partake
x/
Verb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
play down
//
Phrase, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
practical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
repeat
x/
Verb, Noun
restate
x/
Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
show
/
Verb, Noun
social
/x
Adjective, Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
spotlight
/x
Noun, Verb
such
/
Noun
taxonomic
/x/x
Adjective
technical
/xx
Adjective, Name
tighten
/x
Verb
toughen
/x
Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
get
/
Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun