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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| exclude | x/ | Verb, Verb | 
| omit | x/ | Verb, Verb | 
| demur | x/ | Verb, Verb, Noun | 
| leave off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| leave out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| take out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| besides | x/ | Adverb | 
| exception | x/x | Noun | 
| whatsoever | xx/x | Adverb | 
| unlike | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| unless | x/ | Verb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun | 
| though | / | Adverb | 
| else | / | Adverb | 
| either | /x | Adverb | 
| anything | /xx | Noun | 
| whereas | x/ | Noun | 
| only | /x | Adverb | 
| anyhow | /xx | Adverb | 
| namely | /x | Adverb | 
| although | x/ | |
| reason | /x | Noun | 
| anyway | /xx | Adverb | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| none | / | Noun | 
| that | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| including | x/x | Verb | 
| especially | x/x | Adverb | 
| however | x/x | Adverb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| regard | x/ | Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective | 
| mostly | /x | Adverb | 
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| other | /x | Adjective | 
| basically | /xx | Adverb | 
| applies | x/ | Verb | 
| minus | /x | Noun | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| there | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| here | / | Adverb | 
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| strictly | /x | Adverb | 
| even | /x | Adverb | 
| barring | /x | Verb | 
| where | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| since | / | Adverb | 
| preceding | x/x | Verb | 
| mention | /x | Noun | 
| notwithstanding | xx/x | Adverb | 
| pertains | x/ | Verb | 
| specifically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| regardless | x/x | Noun | 
| thing | / | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun | 
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| exactly | x/x | Adverb | 
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ditto | /x | Noun | 
| comparable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| while | / | Noun | 
| above | x/ | Adjective | 
| solely | /xx | Adverb | 
| notably | /xx | Adverb | 
| than | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| matter | /x | Noun | 
| analogous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| thankfully | /xx | Adverb | 
| practically | /xx | Adverb | 
| neither | /x | Adverb | 
| which | / | Adverb | 
| every | /xx | Noun | 
| specified | /xx | Verb | 
| course | / | Noun | 
| with | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| similar | /xx | Adjective | 
| identical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| absent | /x | Adjective | 
| anywhere | /xx | Adverb | 
| hence | / | Adverb | 
| just | / | Adverb | 
| particularly | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| bothers | /x | Verb | 
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective | 
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb | 
| instance | /x | Noun | 
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| forbidden | /xx | Verb | 
| incidentally | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| fine | / | Adjective | 
| mainly | /x | Adverb | 
| rule out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| cut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| exempt | x/ | Adjective | 
| set aside | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take exception | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| isolate | /xx | Verb | 
| write out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| separate | /xx | Adjective | 
| deselect | xx/ | Verb | 
| shut | / | Verb | 
| count out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| drop | / | Noun | 
| set apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| abstract | x/ | Name | 
| extract | /x | Verb | 
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| debar | x/ | Noun | 
| cut off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| keep from | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| bate | / | Noun | 
| shut out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| excuse | x/ | Noun | 
| distinguish | x/x | Verb | 
| proscribe | x/ | Verb | 
| keep out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| disqualify | x/xx | Verb | 
| let alone | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| excise | x/ | Noun | 
| expel | x/ | Verb | 
| caveat | /xx | Noun | 
| expect | x/ | Verb | 
| exit | /x | Noun | 
| extrude | x/ | Noun | 
| distinct | x/ | Adjective | 
| subtract | x/ | Verb | 
| close out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| differ | /x | Verb | 
| dispense with | x// | Phrase, Verb | 
| strip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| abbreviate | x/xx | Verb | 
| outlook | /x | Noun | 
| keep out of | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| avoid | x/ | Verb | 
| sort out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| antonius | x/xx | Name | 
| resorted | x/x | Verb | 
| wyatt | /x | Name | 
| adhered | x/ | Verb | 
| insofar | /xx | Adverb | 
| all | / | Noun | 
| alluded | x/x | Verb | 
| preface | /x | Noun | 
| cling | / | Verb | 
| referred | x/ | Verb | 
| declaration | xx/x | Noun | 
| talk | / | Verb | 
| turn | / | Verb | 
| spoken | /x | Verb | 
| look | / | Verb | 
| rule | / | Noun | 
| operation | xx/x | Noun | 
| nobody | /xx | Noun | 
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb | 
| listened | /x | Verb | 
| passage | /x | Noun | 
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun | 
| one | / | Noun | 
| answer | /x | Verb | 
| hold | / | Verb | 
| nevertheless | xxx/ | Adverb | 
| agreement | x/x | Noun | 
| right | / | Noun | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| accounting | x/x | Noun | 
| alongside | x// | Adverb | 
| among | x/ | |
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| begging | /x | Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| consent | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| definition | xx/x | Noun | 
| derives | x/ | Verb | 
| diagnoses | xx/x | Noun | 
| entails | x/ | Verb | 
| exemption | x/x | Noun | 
| function | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| immune | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb | 
| interpreting | /xxx | Noun | 
| least | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| location | x/x | Noun | 
| mediator | /xxx | Noun | 
| modus | /x | Noun | 
| not | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| originates | x/xx | Verb, Noun | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| perceptions | x/x | Noun | 
| provided | x/x | Verb | 
| representation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| riverbed | /xx | Noun | 
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| salvo | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| share | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| strike out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| sump | / | Noun, Verb | 
| surrogate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| unharmed | x/ | Adjective | 
| until | x/ | |
| week | / | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
