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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pause | / | Noun, Verb |
| waver | /x | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| hesitations | xx/x | Noun |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| indecision | xx/x | Noun |
| indecisiveness | x/xxx | Noun |
| falters | /x | Verb |
| reluctance | x/x | Noun |
| contemplates | /xx | Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| trepidation | xx/x | Noun |
| stammering | /xx | Noun |
| apprehensions | xx/x | Noun |
| ponders | /x | Verb |
| nervousness | /xx | Noun |
| uncertainly | x/xx | Adverb |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| vacillation | xx/x | Noun |
| irresolute | x/xx | Adjective |
| awkwardness | /xx | Noun |
| misgivings | x/x | Noun |
| shyness | /x | Noun |
| stalling | /x | Noun |
| deliberation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| undecided | xx/x | Adjective |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| timidity | x/xx | Noun |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| incomprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| trembles | /x | Verb |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| diffidence | /xx | Noun |
| inhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| haltingly | /xx | Adverb |
| ambiguously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| doubts | / | Noun |
| reconsideration | xxxx/x | Noun |
| confusedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| ambiguities | xx/xx | Noun |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| delaying | x/x | Verb |
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb |
| unwillingness | x/xx | Noun |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| orestes | x/x | Name |
| blunders | /x | Noun |
| glances | /x | Verb |
| stumbles | /x | Verb |
| aeneas | /xx | Name |
| unsure | x/ | Adjective |
| nods | / | Verb |
| seconds | /x | Noun |
| ascribe | x/ | Verb |
| hamlet | /x | Noun |
| macbeth | x/ | Name |
| brink | / | Noun |
| momentarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| pronounce | x/ | Verb |
| replies | x/ | Verb |
| instant | /x | Noun |
| attribute | /xx | Verb |
| shakes | / | Verb |
| doorway | /x | Noun |
| stops | / | Noun, Verb |
| answers | /x | Verb |
| threshold | /x | Noun |
| smiles | / | Verb |
| endorse | x/ | Verb |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| picks | / | Verb |
| generalize | /xxx | Verb |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| jean | / | Name |
| criticize | /xx | Verb |
| walks | / | Verb |
| beat | / | Noun |
| respondent | x/x | Noun |
| fearing | /x | Verb |
| walter | /x | Name |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| minute | /x | Noun |
| pulls | / | Verb |
| venture | /x | Verb |
| one | / | Noun |
| johnny | /x | Name |
| looks | / | Verb |
| commit | x/ | Verb |
| affirm | x/ | Verb |
| condemn | x/ | Verb |
| decides | x/ | Verb |
| engine | /x | Noun |
| label | /x | Verb |
| speculate | /xx | Verb |
| sacrifice | /xx | Verb |
| jane | / | Name |
| visibly | /xx | Adverb |
| pupil | /x | Noun |
| anna | /x | Name |
| historian | x/xx | Noun |
| urges | /x | Verb |
| assign | x/ | Verb |
| refuses | x/x | Verb |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| call | / | Verb |
| agrees | x/ | Verb |
| mention | /x | Verb |
| asks | / | Verb |
| customer | /xx | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| recommend | xx/ | Verb |
| turns | / | Verb |
| name | / | Verb |
| accepts | x/ | Verb |
| starts | / | Verb |
| disagree | xx/ | Verb |
| joe | / | Name |
| science | /x | Noun |
| reaches | /x | Verb |
| assert | x/ | Verb |
| draws | / | Verb |
| accumulated | x/xxx | Verb |
| moves | / | Verb |
| harry | /x | Name |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| puts | / | Verb |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| reader | /x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun |
| sits | / | Verb |
| physician | x/x | Noun |
| speaks | / | Verb |
| sees | / | Verb |
| admits | x/ | Verb |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deviates | /xx | Verb |
| differs | /x | Verb |
| docs | / | Noun |
| dwells | / | Verb |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| holds | / | Verb |
| makes | / | Verb |
| possesses | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| regards | x/ | Noun |
| retires | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| survives | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
