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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| linger | /x | Noun |
| languish | /x | Verb |
| percolate | /xx | Verb |
| seep | / | Noun |
| stagnate | /x | Verb |
| infect | x/ | Name |
| metastasize | x/xx | Verb |
| persist | x/ | Verb |
| proliferate | x/xx | Verb |
| erupt | x/ | Verb |
| infest | x/ | Adjective |
| subside | x/ | Verb |
| ferment | x/ | Noun |
| engulf | x/ | Verb |
| pervade | x/ | Verb |
| dissipate | /xx | Verb |
| emerge | x/ | Verb |
| foment | /x | Verb |
| untended | x/x | Adjective |
| permeate | /xx | Verb |
| worsen | /x | Verb |
| escalate | /xx | Verb |
| deteriorate | x/xxx | Verb |
| ravage | /x | Noun |
| rots | / | Noun |
| contaminate | x/xx | Verb |
| letting | /x | Verb |
| marinate | /xx | Noun |
| recede | x/ | Verb |
| grow | / | Verb |
| exacerbate | x/xx | Verb |
| wallow | /x | Noun |
| evaporate | x/xx | Verb |
| unaddressed | xx/ | Adjective |
| resentments | x/x | Noun |
| flourish | /x | Verb |
| wither | /x | Verb |
| shrivel | /x | Verb |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| seethe | / | Noun |
| thrive | / | Verb |
| inflame | x/ | Verb |
| stewing | /x | Noun |
| heal | / | Verb |
| lurk | / | Verb |
| ruminate | /xx | Verb |
| arise | x/ | Verb |
| bury | /x | Noun |
| circulate | /xx | Verb |
| afflict | x/ | Verb |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| haunt | / | Noun |
| rife | / | Adjective |
| sulk | / | Noun |
| perpetuate | x/xx | Verb |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| germinate | /xx | Verb |
| harden | /x | Noun |
| pollute | x/ | Verb |
| implode | x/ | Verb |
| incubate | /xx | Adverb |
| threaten | /x | Verb |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| unchecked | x/ | Adjective |
| aggravate | /xx | Verb |
| entrench | x/ | Verb |
| unabated | xx/x | Adjective |
| remain | x/ | Verb |
| continue | x/x | Verb |
| confront | x/ | Verb |
| invade | x/ | Verb |
| erode | x/ | Verb |
| deepen | /x | Verb |
| suffocate | /xx | Verb |
| ripen | /x | Verb |
| reverberate | x/xx | Noun |
| disintegrate | x/xx | Verb |
| sicken | /x | Verb |
| disappear | xx/ | Verb |
| sink | / | Noun |
| stifle | /x | Verb |
| dominate | /xx | Verb |
| mutate | /x | Verb |
| settle | /x | Verb |
| devastate | /xx | Verb |
| accumulate | x/xx | Verb |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| wreak | / | Verb |
| dwell | / | Verb |
| coalesce | xx/ | Verb |
| exist | x/ | Verb |
| explode | x/ | Verb |
| dissension | x/x | Noun |
| unfold | x/ | Verb |
| abate | x/ | Noun |
| resurface | x/x | Verb |
| prevail | x/ | Verb |
| animosities | xx/xx | Noun |
| intensify | x/xx | Verb |
| prosper | /x | Noun |
| sprout | / | Noun |
| schisms | /x | Noun |
| corrode | x/ | Verb |
| engender | x/x | Verb |
| hurt | / | Noun |
| taint | / | Noun |
| cesspool | /x | Noun |
| dwindle | /x | Verb |
| instigate | /xx | Verb |
| unleash | x/ | Verb |
| hatreds | /x | Noun |
| gnaw | / | Verb |
| unfurl | x/ | Verb |
| unforgiveness | xx/x | Noun |
| lest | / | Adjective |
| agitate | /xx | Verb |
| leave | / | Verb |
| bleed | / | Noun |
| simmering | /xx | Verb |
| degrade | x/ | Verb |
| weaken | /x | Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| devolve | x/ | Verb |
| mired | / | Verb |
| conspire | x/x | Verb |
| ignite | x/ | Verb |
| disunity | x/xx | Noun |
| cultivate | /xx | Verb |
| sinus | /x | Noun |
| ulcer | /x | Noun |
| abscess | /x | Noun |
| puerperal fever | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| felon | /x | Noun |
| lilies | /x | Noun |
| sore | / | Noun |
| stink | / | Verb |
| wounds | / | Noun |
| smell | / | Verb |
| grievances | /xx | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| armor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| boil | / | Noun, Verb |
| brewing | /x | Noun |
| conscience | /x | Noun |
| counsel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| firmly | /x | Adverb |
| hash | / | Noun, Verb |
| hatch | / | Noun, Verb |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| leaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| money | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| offensively | x/xx | Adverb |
| propagate | /xx | Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| seed | / | Noun, Verb |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| spread | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
