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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| early | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| late | / | Noun, Adjective |
| onetime | // | Adjective, Adjective |
| sometime | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| other | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| once | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| latter | /x | Noun, Noun |
| longtime | /x | Adjective |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| formerly | /xx | Adverb |
| stalwart | /x | Noun |
| veteran | /xx | Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| chief | / | Noun |
| current | /x | Noun |
| prospective | x/x | Adjective |
| beloved | x/ | Adjective |
| senior | /x | Name |
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective |
| rival | /x | Noun |
| principal | /xx | Noun |
| namesake | /x | Noun |
| colleague | /x | Noun |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| prior | /x | Adjective |
| foregone | // | Adjective |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun |
| long ago | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| passé | / | Noun, Adjective |
| bygone | /x | Adjective |
| aforesaid | x/x | Noun |
| running | /x | Verb |
| existing | x/x | Verb |
| gone | / | Verb |
| last | / | Adjective |
| departed | x/x | Verb |
| amended | x/x | Verb |
| pluperfect | /x/ | Noun |
| used | / | Verb |
| promised | /x | Verb |
| written | /x | Verb |
| recent | /x | Adjective |
| said | / | Verb |
| given | /x | Verb |
| soon | / | Adverb |
| historic | x/x | Noun |
| preterite | /xx | Noun |
| fallen | /x | Verb |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| spilt | / | Adjective |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| completed | x/x | Verb |
| soured | /x | Verb |
| passed | / | Verb |
| forecasted | /xx | Adjective |
| murdered | /x | Verb |
| visited | /xx | Verb |
| moved | / | Verb |
| prestressed | x/ | Name |
| canned | / | Name |
| exploded | x/x | Verb |
| first and last | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| no more | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lapsed | / | Verb |
| run in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| stolen | /x | Verb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| shamed | / | Verb |
| fired | /x | Verb |
| downed | / | Verb |
| ould | / | Name |
| attended | x/x | Verb |
| jerry | /x | Name |
| expired | x/ | Verb |
| sainted | /x | Noun |
| perfect | x/ | Adjective |
| belated | x/x | Adjective |
| stopped | / | Verb |
| punished | /x | Verb |
| close | / | Adjective |
| done up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| finished | /x | Verb |
| filled | / | Verb |
| spent | / | Verb |
| travelled | /x | Verb |
| drafted | /x | Verb |
| hic et nunc | /xx | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| apprehended | xx/x | Verb |
| totalled | /x | Verb |
| typed | / | Adjective |
| dependent | x/x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| spoken for | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| attempted | x/x | Verb |
| done | / | Verb |
| dead and gone | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| lamented | x/x | Verb |
| yugoslavia | xx/xx | Name |
| ussr | //// | Name |
| hoover | /x | Name |
| truman | /x | Name |
| subordinating | x/xxx | Verb |
| nixon | /x | Name |
| reagan | /x | Name |
| clinton | /x | Name |
| carter | /x | Name |
| classmate | /x | Noun |
| czechoslovakia | xxx/xx | Name |
| eisenhower | /xxx | Name |
| confederates | x/xx | Noun |
| attributing | x/xx | Verb |
| ceo | /x/ | Name |
| congressman | /xx | Noun |
| preferring | x/x | Verb |
| roommate | /x | Noun |
| nazis | // | Name |
| chairman | /x | Noun |
| refer | x/ | Verb |
| dean | / | Noun |
| mayor | /x | Noun |
| schoolteacher | /xx | Noun |
| enabling | x/xx | Verb |
| opted | /x | Verb |
| assigning | x/x | Verb |
| consist | x/ | Verb |
| premier | x/ | Noun |
| tend | / | Verb |
| rector | /x | Noun |
| roosevelt | /xx | Name |
| dreaded | /x | Verb |
| aide | / | Noun |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| chancellor | /xx | Noun |
| president | /xx | Noun |
| senator | /xx | Noun |
| spouses | /x | Noun |
| designate | /xx | Verb |
| comprised | x/ | Verb |
| constitute | /xx | Verb |
| union | /x | Noun |
| include | x/ | Verb |
| slaves | / | Noun |
| combatants | x/x | Noun |
| employer | x/x | Noun |
| governor | /xx | Noun |
| republics | x/x | Noun |
| girlfriend | /x | Noun |
| treasurer | /xx | Noun |
| secretary | /xxx | Noun |
| director | x/x | Noun |
| ambassador | x/xx | Noun |
| associate | x/xx | Noun |
| favoured | /x | Verb |
| cultivate | /xx | Verb |
| chose | / | Verb |
| deputy | /xx | Noun |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| employee | x/x | Noun |
| commissioner | x/xx | Noun |
| belong | x/ | Verb |
| confederacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| alum | /x | Noun, Verb |
| alumni | x/x | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| antigua | x/x | Name |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| antique | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| appointed | x/x | Adjective |
| been | / | Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| capable | /xx | Adjective |
| celtic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| demobilized | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| deposed | x/ | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| disgraced | x/ | Adjective |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ended | /x | Adjective |
| erst | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| firstly | /x | Adverb |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| frontier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| frontline | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| grandad | /x | Noun |
| harassed | x/ | Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hypothetical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| irate | x/ | Adjective |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| kinds | / | Noun |
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| macedonia | xx/xx | Name |
| macro | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maintenance | /xx | Noun |
| makes | / | Verb |
| mode | / | Noun |
| molds | / | Noun |
| moulds | / | Noun |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| olden | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ousted | /x | Verb |
| outbound | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outdated | /xx | Adjective |
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| preceding | x/x | Adjective |
| predecessor | /xxx | Noun |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| probationary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| proprietor | x/xx | Noun |
| quaint | / | Adjective, Noun |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| resigned | x/ | Adjective |
| retired | x/ | Adjective |
| see | / | Verb, Noun |
| spain | / | Name |
| stale | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| toppled | /x | Verb |
| train | / | Noun, Verb |
| vintage | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| volt | / | Noun |
| youngest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| 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 |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
