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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sum | / | Noun, Noun |
| effect | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| substance | /x | Noun, Noun |
| inwardness | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| essence | /x | Noun, Noun |
| kernel | /x | Noun, Noun |
| heart | / | Noun, Noun |
| center | /x | Noun, Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun, Noun |
| nub | / | Noun, Noun |
| meat | / | Noun, Noun |
| pith | / | Noun, Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Noun |
| marrow | /x | Noun, Noun |
| upshot | /x | Noun |
| summary | /xx | Noun |
| specifics | x/x | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| nutshell | /x | Noun |
| snippet | /x | Noun |
| synopsis | x/x | Noun |
| article | /xx | Noun |
| paraphrase | /xx | Noun |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| summarize | /xx | Verb |
| explication | xx/x | Noun |
| subtext | /x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| recap | /x | Noun |
| verbatim | x/x | Adjective |
| crux | / | Noun |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| summation | x/x | Noun |
| excerpt | /x | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| tidbit | /x | Noun |
| particulars | x/xx | Noun |
| details | x/ | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| exact | x/ | Adjective |
| blurb | / | Noun |
| summarise | /x/ | Verb |
| nuance | /x | Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| entirety | x/xx | Noun |
| reasoning | /xx | Noun |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| point | / | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| understand | xx/ | Verb |
| whole | / | Noun |
| oversimplified | xx/xx | Adjective |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective |
| overview | /xx | Noun |
| rephrase | x/ | Verb |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| headline | /x | Noun |
| picture | /x | Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| caveat | /xx | Noun |
| elaboration | xxx/x | Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| rest | / | Noun |
| preamble | x/x | Noun |
| summarising | /xxx | Verb |
| digression | x/x | Noun |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| nugget | /x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| meaning | /x | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| surmise | x/ | Noun |
| the long and short | x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| sum and substance | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| subject matter | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| essentials | x/x | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun |
| germ | / | Noun |
| focus | /x | Noun |
| focal | /x | Adjective |
| message | /x | Noun |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| title | /x | Noun |
| root | / | Noun |
| content | /x | Noun |
| incipit | x/x | Noun |
| stem | / | Noun |
| base | / | Noun |
| grammar | /x | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| string | / | Noun |
| element | /xx | Noun |
| limit | /x | Noun |
| tenor | /x | Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun |
| topos | /x | Noun |
| letter | /x | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| text | / | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| more | / | Adjective |
| stress | / | Noun |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| accent | x/ | Noun |
| depth | / | Noun |
| light | / | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| radix | /x | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| corpus | /x | Noun |
| token | /x | Noun |
| sense | / | Noun |
| spirit | /x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| medium | /xx | Noun |
| information | xx/x | Noun |
| riddle | /x | Noun |
| mark | / | Noun |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| voice | / | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun |
| first principles | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| common ground | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| point of reference | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| signification | /xx/x | Noun |
| termination | xx/x | Noun |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| predicate | /xx | Noun |
| analysis | x/xx | Noun |
| fava | /x | Noun |
| tirade | x/ | Noun |
| radiant | /xx | Adjective |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun |
| remarks | x/ | Noun |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| metastatic | x//x | Adjective |
| elemental | xx/x | Adjective |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| encoding | x/x | Noun |
| restate | x/ | Verb |
| sermon | /x | Noun |
| relayed | /x | Verb |
| cabled | /x | Verb |
| telegram | /xx | Noun |
| paragraph | /xx | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| pamphlet | /x | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| captures | /x | Verb |
| peterson | /xx | Name |
| bennett | /x | Name |
| lecture | /x | Noun |
| grasp | / | Verb |
| stevens | /x | Name |
| talk | / | Noun |
| aim | / | Noun, Verb |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| blueprint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| denominator | x/xxx | Noun |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| gasoline | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| hypostasis | xx/x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keynote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| petrol | /x | Noun, Verb |
| postulates | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| preconscious | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| psychotropic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| purport | /x | Verb, Noun |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quintessence | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| rote | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spiritual | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun, Verb |
| sustenance | /xx | Noun |
| synthesis | /xx | Noun |
| team | / | Noun, Verb |
| thereof | x/ | Adverb |
| thrust | / | Noun, Verb |
| vaguest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| veridical | xxxx | Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
