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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| abc | /xx | Name, Adjective | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| acclaimed | x/ | Adjective | 
| accomplished | x/x | Adjective | 
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| accuracy | /xxx | Noun | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| actually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| addressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| against | x/ | Noun | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| alleging | x/x | Noun | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| among | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| archer | /x | Noun | 
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| asia | /x | Name | 
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| assumption | x/x | Noun | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| attribute | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| authored | /x | Adjective | 
| banal | x/ | Adjective | 
| based | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| basics | /x | Adjective | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| biography | x/xx | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| book | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bunch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| busted | /x | Adjective | 
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| canard | x/ | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| characteristic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| choose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cinema | /xx | Noun | 
| circumstance | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| clash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| comedies | /xx | Noun | 
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| commencing | x/x | Verb | 
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| commonsensical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| completed | x/x | Adjective | 
| composed | x/ | Adjective | 
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| connection | x/x | Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| corollary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| crux | / | Noun | 
| cyberpunk | /x/ | Noun | 
| dans | / | Verb | 
| data | /x | Noun | 
| dated | /x | Adjective | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| deed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| delivered | x/x | Adjective | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| des | / | Noun | 
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun | 
| detail | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| development | x/xx | Noun | 
| did | / | Noun | 
| directed | x/x | Adjective | 
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| doubtless | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| drawback | /x | Noun | 
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| effectively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| embargo | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| essence | /x | Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| existence | x/x | Noun | 
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| extract | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fabrication | xx/x | Noun | 
| facto | /x | |
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| facts | / | Verb | 
| factual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| failure | /x | Noun | 
| fait | / | Noun | 
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| falsehood | /x | Noun | 
| fantasy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| feel | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| fictional | /xx | Adjective | 
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| finding | /x | Noun | 
| fine | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| flippant | /x | Adjective | 
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| formed | / | Adjective | 
| forthright | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| fruition | x/x | Noun | 
| fund | / | Noun, Verb | 
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| genre | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| given | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| goes | / | Noun | 
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective | 
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| highbrow | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| idea | x/x | Noun | 
| illusion | x/x | Noun | 
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| importance | x/x | Noun | 
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| inability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| inclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| indeed | x/ | Adverb | 
| index | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| indicator | /xxx | Noun | 
| influence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb | 
| invention | x/x | Noun | 
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| involving | x/x | Verb | 
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| iv | / | Name, Adjective | 
| japan | x/ | Name, Verb | 
| japanese | xx/ | Adjective, Name | 
| jocular | /xx | Adjective | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| l | x | Noun, Adjective | 
| lack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| laconic | x/x | Adjective | 
| learned | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| leave | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lie | / | Verb, Noun | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| literature | /xxx | Noun | 
| lot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lowdown | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| made | / | Noun | 
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| matter of fact | /x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| measure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| melodramas | /xxx | Noun | 
| mind | / | Noun, Verb | 
| mirage | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| myth | / | Noun | 
| namely | /x | Adverb | 
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| nays | / | Noun | 
| nearer | /x | Adjective | 
| necessities | x/xx | Noun | 
| need | / | Verb, Noun | 
| nonfiction | x/x | Noun | 
| note | / | Noun, Verb | 
| notion | /x | Noun | 
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| novelists | /xx | Adjective | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| nub | / | Noun, Verb | 
| observation | xx/x | Noun | 
| occasion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| occurrence | x/x | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| offbeat | // | Adjective, Noun | 
| offence | x/ | Noun | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| opposite | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| origin | /xx | Noun | 
| originating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| outcome | /x | Noun | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| owing | /x | Adjective | 
| pair | / | Noun, Verb | 
| par | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| para | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| peculiarity | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| per | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| perceive | x/ | Verb | 
| perception | x/x | Noun | 
| perform | x/ | Verb | 
| persistence | x/x | Noun | 
| phantasy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| phenomenon | x/xx | Noun | 
| picaresque | xx/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| pious | /x | Adjective | 
| place | / | Noun, Verb | 
| plays | / | Verb, Noun | 
| playwriting | /xx | Noun | 
| poetry | /xx | Noun | 
| point | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pornographic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| portrayal | x/x | Noun | 
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| precisely | x/x | Adverb | 
| precision | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| precondition | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| premise | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| presence | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| presumption | x/x | Noun | 
| pretence | x/ | Noun | 
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective | 
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| provide | x/ | Verb | 
| pseudonymous | /xxx | Adjective | 
| published | /x | Adjective | 
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| quality | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| question | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| quid | / | Noun, Verb | 
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| realities | x/xx | Noun | 
| realization | /x/x | Noun | 
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| recognition | xx/x | Noun | 
| recognize | /xx | Verb | 
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| refusal | x/x | Noun | 
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| regret | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| relative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| reliance | x/x | Noun | 
| remainder | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| repeat | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| reported | x/x | Adjective | 
| requirement | x/x | Noun | 
| respect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| rest | / | Noun, Verb | 
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| roman | /x | Name, Adjective | 
| romance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| rudiments | /xx | Noun | 
| same | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| satisfaction | xx/x | Noun | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| science | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| score | / | Noun, Verb | 
| see | / | Verb, Noun | 
| selections | x/x | Noun | 
| selfsame | // | Noun, Adjective | 
| sense | / | Noun, Verb | 
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| shall | / | Verb | 
| sham | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| share | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sift | / | Verb, Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| slips | / | Noun | 
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| source | / | Noun, Verb | 
| space | / | Noun, Verb | 
| specific | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| spite | / | Noun, Verb | 
| starting | /x | Noun | 
| state | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| story | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| succinct | x/ | Adjective | 
| tat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| than | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| the | x | Adverb, Noun | 
| them | / | Noun | 
| theory | /x | Noun | 
| thing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| this | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| throughout | x/ | Adverb | 
| time | / | Noun, Verb | 
| to | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| toe | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tom | / | Name, Verb | 
| torque | / | Noun, Verb | 
| towards | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| trashy | /x | Adjective | 
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| truth | / | Noun, Verb | 
| truthful | /x | Adjective | 
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| underneath | xx/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| unemotional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unfathomable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unreal | x/ | Adjective | 
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| untrue | x/ | Adjective | 
| using | /x | Noun | 
| van | / | Noun, Verb | 
| versus | /x | Verb | 
| via | /x | Noun | 
| view | / | Noun, Verb | 
| virtue | /x | Noun | 
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective | 
| well | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| when | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whoever | x/x | |
| whom | / | Noun | 
| with | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| writers | /x | Adverb | 
| writing | /x | Noun | 
| xi | / | Noun | 
