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above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
acuminate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
agree
x/
Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
analogous
x/xx
Adjective
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
arid
/x
Adjective
arithmetic
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
attributable
x/xxx
Adjective
austere
x/
Adjective
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bald
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
banal
x/
Adjective
bare
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
because
x/
Adverb
bona
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
boob
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Noun, Verb
booby
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
branded
/x
Adjective
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
calculate
/xx
Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
caudate
/x
Noun, Adjective
causa
/x
Adjective
cause
/
Noun, Verb
changeling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
childish
/x
Adjective
childlike
/x
Adjective
cinch
/
Noun, Verb
cipher
/x
Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clue
/
Noun, Verb
cocoon
x/
Noun, Verb
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
compound
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
compute
x/
Verb, Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
convenience
x/x
Noun, Verb
convenient
x/x
Adjective
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
criterion
x/xx
Noun
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
cypher
/x
Noun, Verb
dan
/
Noun
deduce
x/
Verb
deduct
x/
Verb
deductive
x/x
Adjective
defend
x/
Verb
deltoid
xx
Adjective, Noun
derive
x/
Verb
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dumbbell
/x
Noun
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dunce
/
Noun
ease
/
Noun, Verb
easiest
/xx
Adjective
easily
/xx
Adverb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
elegant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
elemental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
elliptic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
elongate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
emancipatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
embossed
x/
Adjective
embracing
x/x
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
essence
/x
Noun
ethical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
explain
x/
Verb
explanation
xx/x
Noun
extrapolate
x/xx
Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
facile
/x
Adjective
fact
/
Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
faith
/
Noun, Adverb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
footing
/x
Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
frat
/
Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
gather
/x
Verb, Noun
generalise
/xx/
Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guise
/
Noun, Verb
hammerhead
/xx
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heart
/
Noun, Verb
homely
/x
Adjective
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
humble
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
idiot
/xx
Noun, Adjective
imbecile
/xx
Noun, Adjective
immanent
/xx
Adjective
inane
x/
Adjective, Noun
incentive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
induce
x/
Verb
inducement
x/x
Noun
infer
x/
Verb
informality
xx/xx
Noun
intellect
/xx
Noun
intention
x/x
Noun, Verb
intuitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
itself
x/
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
justifiably
/xxxx
Adverb
justification
xxx/x
Noun
justified
/xx
Adjective
kidney
/x
Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lanceolate
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
layman
/x
Noun
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lieu
/
Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
location
x/x
Noun
loggerhead
/xx
Noun
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lousy
/x
Adjective
mark
/
Noun, Verb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
menial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
microsatellite
/x/xx
Noun
mild
/
Adjective, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
mono
/x
Noun, Adjective
moron
/x
Noun
motif
x/
Noun
motivated
/xxx
Adjective
motivation
xx/x
Noun
motive
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mundane
x/
Adjective, Noun
naive
x/
Adjective, Noun
naked
/x
Adjective
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
naïve
/
Adjective, Noun
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
network
/x
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
objection
x/x
Noun
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
oblong
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
obovate
/xx
Adjective
obtuse
x/
Adjective, Verb
obvious
/xx
Adjective
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
ovate
/x
Adjective, Noun
oversimplified
xx/xx
Adjective
owing
/x
Adjective
painless
/x
Adjective
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
pitted
/x
Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
plain
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
ponder
/x
Verb, Noun
poop
/
Noun, Verb
precondition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
premise
/x
Noun, Verb
pretext
/x
Noun, Verb
prima
/x
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
private
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
purely
/x
Adverb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
puzzle
/x
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
ratio
/xx
Noun, Verb
rationale
xx/
Noun
rationalism
/xxxx
Noun
rationality
xx/xx
Noun
rattle
/x
Noun, Verb
rea
/
Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
reasonableness
/xxxx
Noun
reasoned
/x
Adjective
rebuttable
x/xx
Adjective
recital
x/x
Noun
reckon
/x
Verb, Noun
recognition
xx/x
Noun
recursive
x/x
Adjective
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retard
x/
Verb, Noun
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
rhyme
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rightly
/x
Adverb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
root
/
Noun, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
sake
/
Noun
sanity
/xx
Noun
sap
/
Noun, Verb
savage
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
score
/
Noun, Verb
seamless
/x
Adjective
season
/x
Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sheep
/
Noun
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shocker
/x
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
simplest
/x
Adjective
simpleton
/xx
Noun
simplex
/x
Noun, Adjective
simplicity
x/xx
Noun
simplification
xxx/x
Noun
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
simply
/x
Adverb
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
site
/
Noun, Verb
slick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sole
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
solely
/xx
Adverb
soluble
/xx
Adjective
source
/
Noun, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
speculate
/xx
Verb
speech
/
Noun, Verb
stake
/
Noun, Verb
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strategy
/xx
Noun
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
subnormal
//x
Adjective, Noun
succinct
x/
Adjective
suffice
x/
Verb
summary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
support
x/
Noun, Verb
talk
/
Verb, Noun
thanks
/
Noun
therefore
/x
Adverb
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thought
/
Noun
thumb
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
token
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
transcending
x/x
Verb, Noun
trivial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
twit
/
Noun, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unaffected
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
uncomplicated
x/xxx
Adjective
unconfined
xx/
Adjective
understanding
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
universalized
xx/xx
Verb, Adjective
unpretentious
xx/x
Adjective
unproblematic
xxx/x
Adjective
unsophisticated
xx/xxx
Adjective
usual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
vein
/
Noun, Verb
venue
/x
Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
view
/
Noun, Verb
virtue
/x
Noun
vocal
/x
Adjective, Noun
wake
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wherefore
/x
Adverb, Noun
wholesome
/x
Adjective
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wisdom
/x
Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
worth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb