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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pecking order | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| power structure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hierarchically | x/xx | Adverb |
| hierarchic | x/x | Adjective |
| structure | /x | Noun |
| level | /x | Noun |
| echelons | /xx | Noun |
| precedence | /xx | Noun |
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| classificatory | /xxxxx | Adjective |
| pyramid | /xx | Noun |
| rank | / | Noun, Verb |
| categorization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| groupings | /x | Noun |
| primacy | /xx | Noun |
| taxonomy | /xxx | Noun |
| compartmentalization | xx/xx/x | Noun |
| taxonomies | /xxx | Noun |
| organization | xxx/x | Noun |
| clique | / | Noun |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| division | x/x | Noun |
| dominance | /xx | Noun |
| multilevel | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| system | /x | Noun |
| organizational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| prioritization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| leadership | /xx | Noun |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| interdependency | xxx/xx | Noun |
| centralization | xxx/x | Noun |
| bureaucracy | x/xx | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| egalitarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| ladder | /x | Noun |
| stratification | xxx/x | Noun |
| status | /x | Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| granularity | /x/xx | Noun |
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| subsumption | /xx | Noun |
| complexity | x/xx | Noun |
| body | /x | Noun |
| officialdom | x/xx | Noun |
| organ | /x | Noun |
| chain of command | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| regimen | /xx | Noun |
| corporate ladder | /xx/x | Name, Name |
| ministry | /xx | Noun |
| obedience | x/xx | Noun |
| apparatus | xx/x | Noun |
| polity | /xx | Noun |
| regime | x/ | Noun |
| office | /x | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| directorate | x/xx | Noun |
| command | x/ | Noun |
| quorum | /x | Noun |
| bureau | /x | Noun |
| aristocracy | xx/xx | Noun |
| membership | /xx | Noun |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun |
| top brass | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rulership | /xx | Noun |
| privy council | /x/x | Name, Name |
| caste | / | Noun, Adjective |
| social order | /x/x | Name, Name |
| magistracy | /xxx | Noun |
| faculty | /xx | Noun |
| monarchy | /xx | Noun |
| ordo | /x | Noun |
| court | / | Noun |
| synod | /x | Noun |
| council | /x | Noun |
| cabinet | /xx | Noun |
| inspectorate | x/xx | Noun |
| judiciary | x/xxx | Noun |
| function | /x | Noun |
| rule | / | Noun |
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| syndicate | /xx | Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| upper class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| kingship | /x | Noun |
| secretariat | xx/xx | Noun |
| municipality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| assembly | x/x | Noun |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| constitutionalism | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| power | /x | Noun |
| empire | /xx | Noun |
| feds | / | Noun |
| royalty | /xx | Noun |
| potentate | /xx | Noun |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| seat | / | Noun |
| chiefdom | /x | Noun |
| state | / | Noun |
| estate | x/ | Noun |
| lower | /x | Adverb |
| rung | / | Noun |
| ecclesiastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| ramified | xxx | Adjective |
| nested | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| romish | /x | Adjective |
| pinnacle | /xx | Noun |
| next | / | Adverb |
| prosodic | x/x | Adjective |
| sacerdotal | /x/x | Adjective |
| apex | /x | Noun |
| overrides | /xx | Verb |
| chiefly | /x | Adverb |
| cybernetic | /x/x | Adjective |
| brahmanical | //xx | Adjective |
| flatten | /x | Verb |
| graded | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| priestly | /x | Adjective |
| angelic | x/x | Adjective |
| racialized | /xx | Adjective |
| tiers | / | Noun |
| laity | /xx | Noun |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| neoplatonic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| episcopal | x/xx | Adjective |
| ascends | x/ | Verb |
| mormon | /x | Adjective |
| genres | /x | Noun |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| managerial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| olympian | x/xx | Adjective |
| bottom | /x | Noun |
| top | / | Noun |
| patriarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| anglican | /xx | Adjective |
| folders | /x | Noun |
| superiors | x/xx | Noun |
| collapses | x/x | Verb |
| celestial | x/x | Adjective |
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| boundaries | /xx | Noun |
| brass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| corporatist | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| demarcations | xx/x | Noun |
| deterministic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| dimensional | x/xx | Adjective |
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| elite | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| equilibrium | xx/xx | Noun |
| goal | / | Noun, Verb |
| graph | / | Noun, Verb |
| hedonic | x/x | Adjective |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lowly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| marketplace | /xx | Noun |
| order | /x | Noun, Verb |
| organisation | xxx/x | Noun |
| prerogatives | x/xx | Noun |
| priority | x/xx | Noun |
| quo | / | Noun, Verb |
| reporting | x/x | Noun |
| scale | / | Noun, Verb |
| semiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| senior | /x | Adjective, Name |
| seniority | x/xx | Noun |
| sequence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| stature | /x | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
