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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| slip | / | Noun, Verb |
| trip | / | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun |
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun |
| fooling | /x | Verb |
| effrontery | x/xx | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| amiss | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| fake | / | Noun |
| dirty trick | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| snub | / | Noun |
| shame | / | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| mess | / | Noun |
| affront | x/ | Noun |
| untruth | x/ | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| bravado | x/x | Noun |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| reproach | x/ | Noun |
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun |
| omitting | x/x | Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| imprudence | x/x | Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| wrong | / | Adjective |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| traduction | x/x | Noun |
| miss | / | Name |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| enfant terrible | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| dishonesty | x/xx | Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| taint | / | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| impudence | x/x | Noun |
| beau geste | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| fallacy | /xx | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| wrong number | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| false alarm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| lying | /x | Verb |
| sham | / | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| bad form | // | Phrase, Noun |
| shambling | /xx | Verb |
| underestimation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| indignity | x/xx | Noun |
| inattention | xx/x | Noun |
| dunce | / | Noun |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| counterfeit | /xx | Noun |
| impropriety | xx/xx | Noun |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| stain | / | Noun |
| activation | xx/x | Noun |
| anchoring | /xx | Noun |
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| atpase | //// | Name |
| bactericidal | x/x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| beau | / | Noun, Verb |
| bee | / | Noun, Verb |
| beige | / | Adjective, Noun |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| biotin | /xx | Noun |
| blizzard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bogus | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bombshell | /x | Noun |
| bon | / | Noun |
| bourdon | /x | Name |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| breaks | / | Verb, Noun |
| calais | x/ | Name |
| cap | / | Noun, Verb |
| caricature | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| carnival | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cement | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cheats | / | Noun, Verb |
| chess | / | Noun |
| chiselled | x/ | Adjective |
| cipher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conceivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| cypher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| de | / | Noun, Verb |
| dis | / | Noun, Verb |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| du | / | Noun |
| enameled | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| faith | / | Noun, Adverb |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| flawless | /x | Adjective |
| flooring | /x | Noun |
| fluorescent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| forged | / | Adjective |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| globulin | /xx | Noun |
| golgi | /x | Name |
| gram | / | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| heterodimer | /xxxx | Noun |
| hewn | / | Adjective |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| inlaid | /x | Adjective |
| lacquered | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| mock | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| pa | / | Noun, Adjective |
| performance | x/x | Noun |
| peroxidase | x/xx | Noun |
| phoney | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| phony | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| plus | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| poems | /x | Verb |
| polished | /x | Adjective |
| polychrome | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| re | / | Noun |
| relaxation | xx/x | Noun |
| sap | / | Noun, Verb |
| schiff | / | Verb |
| simulated | /xxx | Adjective |
| spa | / | Noun |
| spanning | /x | Noun |
| spurious | /xx | Adjective |
| step | / | Noun, Verb |
| strait | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| stucco | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sub | / | Noun, Verb |
| sudan | x/ | Name |
| tactless | /x | Adjective |
| textured | /x | Adjective |
| unpolished | x/x | Adjective |
| unreal | x/ | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| varnished | /x | Adjective |
| washable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
