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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| forbear | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| refrain | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| act | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| move | / | Noun, Verb, Noun |
| forefathers | /xx | Noun |
| ancestors | /xx | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| progenitors | x/xx | Noun |
| descendants | x/x | Noun |
| predecessors | /xxx | Noun |
| ancients | /x | Noun |
| descendents | x/x | Noun |
| prehistory | xx/x | Noun |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| antecedents | xx/x | Noun |
| pioneers | xx/ | Noun |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| aborigines | xx/xx | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| forerunners | /xx | Noun |
| aboriginals | xx/xx | Noun |
| lineages | /xxx | Noun |
| indigenes | x/x | Noun |
| foresight | /x | Noun |
| generations | xx/x | Noun |
| primitives | /xx | Noun |
| grandfathers | /xx | Noun |
| elders | /x | Noun |
| immemorial | xx/xx | Noun |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| genealogies | xx/xx | Noun |
| kinsmen | /x | Noun |
| centuries | /xx | Noun |
| histories | /xx | Noun |
| foretell | x/ | Verb |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| bloodlines | /x | Noun |
| hereditary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| grandparents | /xx | Noun |
| origins | /xx | Noun |
| anciently | /xx | Adverb |
| precursors | x/x | Noun |
| inheritors | x/xx | Noun |
| precolonial | xx/xx | Noun |
| patriarchs | /xx | Noun |
| relatives | /xx | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| familial | x/x | Adjective |
| tribes | / | Noun |
| tribesmen | /x | Noun |
| family tree | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| neanderthals | x/xx | Name |
| grandchildren | /xx | Noun |
| bushmen | /x | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| premodern | x/x | Noun |
| chieftains | /x | Noun |
| family name | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cliches | x/ | Noun |
| puritan | /xx | Adjective |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| anabaptist | xx/x | Adjective |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| reptilian | x/x | Adjective |
| graves | / | Noun |
| inherited | x/xx | Verb |
| hominid | /xx | Adjective |
| bequeathed | x/ | Verb |
| huguenot | /xx | Adjective |
| labored | /x | Verb |
| enlightenment | x/xx | Adjective |
| exploits | /x | Noun |
| legacy | /xx | Noun |
| portraits | /x | Noun |
| emulate | /xx | Verb |
| paternal | x/x | Adjective |
| enslaved | x/ | Adjective |
| sins | / | Noun |
| deeds | / | Noun |
| evans | /x | Name |
| victorian | x/xx | Adjective |
| emigrated | /xxx | Verb |
| accomplishments | x/xx | Noun |
| immigrant | /xx | Adjective |
| primate | /x | Adjective |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ghosts | / | Noun |
| achievements | x/x | Noun |
| successors | x/x | Noun |
| mistakes | x/ | Noun |
| instincts | /x | Noun |
| sacrifices | /xxx | Noun |
| migrated | /xx | Verb |
| celtic | /x | Adjective |
| descended | x/x | Verb |
| traditions | x/x | Noun |
| heirs | / | Noun |
| resemblance | x/x | Noun |
| spirits | /x | Noun |
| aristocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| germanic | x/x | Adjective |
| scottish | /x | Adjective |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective |
| medieval | x/x | Adjective |
| endured | x/ | Verb |
| inheritance | x/xx | Noun |
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| aztec | /x | Adjective |
| neolithic | xx/x | Adjective |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| reverence | /xx | Noun |
| customs | /x | Noun |
| prescribed | x/ | Verb |
| pagan | /x | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| trace | / | Verb |
| honor | /x | Verb |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| nomadic | x/x | Adjective |
| dreamed | / | Verb |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective |
| lives | / | Noun |
| virtues | /x | Noun |
| souls | / | Noun |
| memories | /xx | Noun |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| struggles | /x | Noun |
| faith | / | Noun |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| imagined | x/x | Verb |
| did | / | Verb |
| scandinavian | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fought | / | Verb |
| settled | /x | Verb |
| irish | /x | Adjective |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| traits | / | Noun |
| wisdom | /x | Noun |
| courage | /x | Noun |
| teachings | /x | Noun |
| shoulders | /x | Noun |
| hailed | / | Verb |
| savage | /x | Adjective |
| sturdy | /x | Adjective |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| fathers | /x | Noun |
| founders | /x | Noun |
| greats | / | Noun |
| hagiography | xx/xx | Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| parents | /x | Noun |
| worthies | /x | Noun |
| writers | /x | Noun |
