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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| waste | / | Noun, Noun |
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| squander | /x | Verb |
| spend | / | Verb |
| perish | /x | Verb |
| waste away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wear out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fritter away | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run dry | // | Phrase, Verb |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| kill | / | Verb |
| throw away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| burn off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burn | / | Noun |
| dissipate | /xx | Verb |
| drivel | /x | Noun |
| pass away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| dispose | x/ | Verb |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| fall flat | // | Phrase, Verb |
| junk | / | Noun |
| spurn | / | Verb |
| consume | x/ | Verb |
| condemn | x/ | Verb |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| disuse | x/ | Noun |
| void | / | Noun |
| use up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| spill | / | Noun |
| wastebasket | /xx | Noun |
| wend | / | Noun |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| die off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| run down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| wash | / | Noun |
| go to seed | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| trash | / | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| fall through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fail | / | Verb |
| fall back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| break down | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| lose | / | Verb |
| starve | / | Verb |
| forfeit | /x | Verb |
| destroy | x/ | Verb |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| wear | / | Noun |
| burn up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| jettison | /xx | Noun |
| expire | x/ | Verb |
| put out to pasture | ///xx | Phrase, Verb |
| fool around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wreck | / | Noun |
| bate | / | Noun |
| give out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fade away | /xx | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| disappoint | xx/ | Verb |
| occupy | /xx | Verb |
| cease | / | Noun |
| salvage | /x | Noun |
| take | / | Verb |
| miss | / | Name |
| negate | x/ | Verb |
| dispose of | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| expend | x/ | Verb |
| atrophy | /xx | Noun |
| misuse | x/ | Noun |
| nullify | /xx | Verb |
| retire | x/ | Verb |
| quail | / | Noun |
| languish | /x | Verb |
| fall in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| wipe out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| deplete | x/ | Verb |
| turn out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| work up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| obsolete | xx/ | Adjective |
| limp | / | Adjective |
| run its course | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| disappear | xx/ | Verb |
| stagnate | /x | Verb |
| abandon | x/x | Verb |
| wither | /x | Verb |
| muddle | /x | Noun |
| dry up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| want | / | Verb |
| burn out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| forgo | x/ | Verb |
| trifle | /x | Noun |
| welter | /x | Noun |
| go to pieces | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| toss out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| surplus | /x | Noun |
| default | x/ | Noun |
| forsake | x/ | Verb |
| die out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lose sight of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run out of gas | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| make away with | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| get lost | // | Phrase, Verb |
| invalidate | x/xx | Verb |
| evaporate | x/xx | Verb |
| fust | / | Noun |
| accompany | x/xx | Verb |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| an | / | Noun |
| angle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| ascend | x/ | Verb |
| automobile | /xxx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| babble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bang | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| beep | / | Noun, Verb |
| begin | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| belong | x/ | Verb |
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| between | x/ | Noun |
| billow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| biodegradable | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| birr | / | Noun, Verb |
| blare | / | Noun, Verb |
| blend | / | Noun, Verb |
| blend in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blow out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bluff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| bubble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bute | / | Name |
| buy | / | Verb, Noun |
| buy it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| buy the farm | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| buzz | / | Noun, Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| castle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| centralized | /xx | Adjective |
| change | / | Noun, Verb |
| chatter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| chime | / | Noun, Verb |
| chink | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| choke | / | Verb, Noun |
| chug | / | Noun, Verb |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circulate | /xx | Verb |
| clang | / | Noun, Verb |
| clank | / | Noun, Verb |
| click | / | Verb, Noun |
| clink | / | Noun, Verb |
| clop | / | Noun, Verb |
| clump | / | Noun, Verb |
| clunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| come back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| conceived | x/ | Verb |
| condensate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| condensed | x/ | Adjective |
| conk out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| conserve | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| contaminated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| continue | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| counting | /x | Noun |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crawl | / | Verb, Noun |
| creep | / | Verb, Noun |
| croak | / | Noun, Verb |
| cruise | / | Noun, Verb |
| crump | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| cull | / | Noun, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| debris | x/ | Noun |
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decentralized | x/xx | Adjective |
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| derail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| desert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| destructiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| detritus | x/x | Noun |
| devastate | /xx | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| din | / | Noun, Verb |
| discard | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dispel | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| dissipation | xx/x | Noun |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| drag out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| draw back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
| drone | / | Noun, Verb |
| dross | / | Noun, Verb |
| drown | / | Verb, Noun |
| drum | / | Noun, Verb |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| dumpster | /x | Noun |
| dustbin | /x | Noun |
| ease | / | Noun, Verb |
| echo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| economize | x/xx | Verb |
| effluent | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| embark | x/ | Verb |
| emptiness | /xx | Noun |
| endure | x/ | Verb |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| equipment | x/x | Noun |
| err | / | Verb |
| excrement | /xx | Noun |
| excreta | x/x | Noun |
| excretion | x/x | Noun |
| exhaust | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expenditure | x/xx | Noun |
| expense | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| extend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| extravagance | x/xx | Noun |
| fade | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fare | / | Noun, Verb |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ferry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| flammable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fling | / | Verb, Noun |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| flock | / | Noun, Verb |
| fly | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| food | / | Noun |
| fool | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| forge | / | Verb, Noun |
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
