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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| realistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| practical | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| pragmatic | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| empiric | x/x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| studied | /x | Verb |
| prudent | /x | Adjective |
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun |
| lean and mean | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| firsthand | x/ | Noun |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Noun |
| in the raw | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| material | x/xx | Noun |
| directed | x/x | Verb |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective |
| frank | / | Name |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| technical | /xx | Name |
| measured | /x | Verb |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| set in one's ways | /x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| trained | / | Adjective |
| living | /x | Noun |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| mano a mano | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| politic | /xx | Noun |
| affirmative | x/xx | Noun |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| routinized | /xx | Adjective |
| summary | /xx | Noun |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| clinical | /xx | Adjective |
| scientific | xx/x | Noun |
| mentored | /x | Verb |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| rooted | /x | Adjective |
| playful | /x | Adjective |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| hardwired | x/x | Adjective |
| patterned | /x | Adjective |
| trenching | /x | Noun |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| to the manner born | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| investigative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| calculating | /xxx | Verb |
| plump | / | Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective |
| focused | /x | Verb |
| worked | / | Verb |
| for real | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| rote | / | Noun |
| orderly | /xx | Adjective |
| analyzed | /xx | Verb |
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| tolerated | /xxx | Verb |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective |
| improvisational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| upfront | /x | Adjective |
| reformed | x/ | Name |
| just | / | Adverb |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| hypothetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| immersed | x/ | Verb |
| biased | /x | Verb |
| bound up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| cultured | /x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| vicarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Verb |
| indwelling | //x | Noun |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| headstrong | /x | Adjective |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| willful | /x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
