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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unlettered | x/x | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| literate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unintelligent | xx/xx | Adjective |
| imbecile | /xx | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unskilled | x/ | Adjective |
| uncultured | x/x | Adjective |
| clueless | /x | Noun |
| dumb | / | Adjective |
| uninformed | xx/ | Adjective |
| dyslexic | x/x | Adjective |
| untutored | x/x | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| idiot | /xx | Noun |
| unenlightened | xx/x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| educated | /xxx | Adjective, Verb |
| inarticulate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| moron | /x | Noun |
| gullible | /xx | Adjective |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| deaf | / | Noun |
| misinformed | xx/ | Verb |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| untrained | x/ | Adjective |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| uninterested | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Noun |
| deluded | x/x | Adjective |
| peasants | /x | Noun |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective |
| inattentive | xx/x | Adjective |
| inbred | /x | Adjective |
| blind | / | Noun |
| unreadable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unread | x/ | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| illegible | x/xx | Adjective |
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| oral | /x | Adjective |
| wordless | /x | Adjective |
| untranslatable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| insensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| nameless | /x | Adjective |
| indecipherable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective |
| hieroglyphic | xx/x | Noun |
| sharecropper | /xx | Noun |
| rustic | /x | Noun |
| boor | / | Noun |
| villager | /xx | Noun |
| cossack | /x | Name |
| tribals | /x | Noun |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun |
| peon | /x | Noun |
| plebeians | x/x | Noun |
| peasantry | /xx | Noun |
| campesinos | xx/x | Noun |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb |
| nightingale | /xx | Noun |
| oaf | / | Noun |
| freedmen | /x | Noun |
| herdsman | /x | Noun |
| laity | /xx | Noun |
| voter | /x | Noun |
| scrawl | / | Noun |
| shoemaker | /xx | Noun |
| serfs | / | Noun |
| masses | /x | Noun |
| conscripts | /x | Noun |
| coolies | // | Noun |
| bards | / | Noun |
| laborer | /xx | Noun |
| rabble | /x | Noun |
| populace | /xx | Noun |
| mountaineer | /xx | Noun |
| blacksmith | /x | Noun |
| adults | x/ | Noun |
| tailor | /x | Noun |
| electorate | x/xx | Noun |
| whites | / | Noun |
| nomads | /x | Noun |
| farmer | /x | Noun |
| weaver | /x | Noun |
| pagans | /x | Noun |
| commoners | /xx | Noun |
| negroes | /x | Noun |
| shepherd | /x | Noun |
| brahmin | /x | Noun |
| miner | /x | Noun |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| parishioners | x/xx | Noun |
| alien | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| basics | /x | Verb |
| belonging | x/x | Noun |
| composite | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| devoid | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| downtrodden | x/x | Adjective |
| emancipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| enslaved | x/ | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exploited | /xx | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| landless | /x | Adjective |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| proceeds | x/ | Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| slavery | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
