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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pest | / | Noun, Noun |
| cuss | / | Noun, Noun |
| activist | /xx | Noun |
| firebrand | /xx | Noun |
| iconoclast | x/xx | Noun |
| troublemaker | /xxx | Noun |
| politico | x/xx | Noun |
| busybody | /xxx | Noun |
| maverick | /xx | Noun |
| satirist | /xx | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| pundit | /x | Noun |
| essayist | /xx | Noun |
| philosopher | x/xx | Noun |
| politician | xx/x | Noun |
| zealot | /x | Noun |
| blogger | /x | Noun |
| apologist | x/xx | Noun |
| moralist | /xx | Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| propagandist | xx/x | Noun |
| agitator | /xxx | Noun |
| journalist | /xx | Noun |
| legislator | /xxx | Noun |
| crusader | x/x | Noun |
| dissenter | x/x | Noun |
| newspaperman | /xxx | Noun |
| thinker | /x | Noun |
| environmentalist | xxx/xx | Noun |
| denizen | /xx | Noun |
| kook | / | Noun |
| newsman | /x | Noun |
| bureaucrat | /xx | Noun |
| humorist | /xx | Noun |
| leftist | /x | Adjective |
| evangelist | x/xx | Noun |
| scholar | /x | Noun |
| sympathizer | /xxx | Noun |
| commentator | /xxx | Noun |
| breeze | / | Noun |
| dragonfly | /xx | Noun |
| butterfly | /xx | Noun |
| glider | /x | Noun |
| flyer | /x | Noun |
| fruit fly | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ladybird | /xx | Noun |
| mosquito | x/x | Noun |
| bishop | /x | Noun |
| chaser | /x | Noun |
| redoubtable | x/xx | Adjective |
| stings | / | Verb |
| socratic | x/x | Adjective |
| torment | /x | Verb |
| athens | /x | Name |
| buzzing | /x | Verb |
| conscience | /x | Noun |
| perennial | x/xx | Adjective |
| reputation | xx/x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| something | /x | Noun |
| career | x/ | Noun |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sort | / | Noun |
| acted | /x | Verb |
| driven | /x | Verb |
| described | x/ | Verb |
| sent | / | Verb |
| day | / | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| attached | x/ | Verb |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective |
| chief | / | Adjective |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| served | / | Verb |
| being | /x | Verb |
| state | / | Noun |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| clegg | / | Name |
| consultant | x/x | Noun |
| credo | /x | Noun |
| dissidence | /xx | Noun |
| endeavour | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| gatekeepers | /xx | Noun |
| hotbed | /x | Noun |
| hubris | /x | Noun |
| instrumentalities | xxx/xx | Noun |
| lobbyist | /xx | Noun |
| luminaries | /xxx | Noun |
| mentor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| operative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| pariah | x/x | Noun |
| periodical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| watchdog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| salad | /x | Noun |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
