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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| forbear | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| predecessor | /xxx | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun |
| descendent | x/x | Noun |
| namesake | /x | Noun |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| forerunner | /xx | Noun |
| kinsman | /x | Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| inheritor | x/xx | Noun |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| cousin | /x | Noun |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| antecedents | xx/x | Noun |
| grandfather | /xx | Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun |
| offshoot | /x | Noun |
| homage | /x | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| sibling | /x | Noun |
| compatriot | x/xx | Noun |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| granddaddy | /xx | Noun |
| countryman | /xx | Noun |
| paternal | x/x | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| harking | /x | Verb |
| contemporaneous | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| father | /x | Noun |
| brother | /x | Noun |
| venerable | /xxx | Noun |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| famed | / | Adjective |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| onetime | // | Adjective |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| patriarch | /xx | Noun |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| erstwhile | /x | Noun |
| legacy | /xx | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| plebeian | x/x | Adjective |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun |
| elder | /x | Noun |
| precursor | x/x | Noun |
| protoplast | xxx | Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun |
| pioneer | xx/ | Noun |
| firstborn | // | Noun |
| blood relative | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| uncle | /x | Noun |
| prelude | /x | Noun |
| grandparent | /xx | Noun |
| stepfather | /xx | Noun |
| grand | / | Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| originator | x/xxx | Noun |
| sire | /x | Noun |
| pathfinder | /xx | Noun |
| old man | // | Name, Name |
| father figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| former | /x | Noun |
| herald | /x | Name |
| grandchild | /x | Noun |
| harbinger | /xx | Noun |
| survivor | x/x | Noun |
| posterity | x/xx | Noun |
| eldest | /x | Noun |
| mine | / | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| name | / | Noun |
| famous | /x | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective |
| earliest | /xx | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| medieval | x/x | Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective |
| was | / | Verb |
| great | / | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| authors | /x | Adverb |
| founder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| help | / | Verb, Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| let it go | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| sit out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| stand by | // | Phrase, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
