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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| simulate | /xx  | Verb, Verb  | 
| copy | /x  | Verb, Verb, Noun  | 
| ape | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| emulate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| mimic | /x  | Noun  | 
| imitation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| replicate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| imitative | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| recreate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| outdo | x/  | Verb  | 
| observe | x/  | Verb  | 
| impersonate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| resemble | x/x  | Verb  | 
| distinguish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| portray | x/  | Verb  | 
| reproduce | xx/  | Verb  | 
| mimicry | /xx  | Noun  | 
| imitators | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| denigrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| adapt | x/  | Verb  | 
| admonish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| personify | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| recognize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| deride | x/  | Verb  | 
| encourage | x/x  | Verb  | 
| pretend | x/  | Verb  | 
| teach | /  | Verb  | 
| ascribe | x/  | Verb  | 
| criticize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| attempt | x/  | Noun  | 
| liken | /x  | Verb  | 
| characterize | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| differentiate | xx/xx  | Verb  | 
| denounce | x/  | Verb  | 
| glorify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| condemn | x/  | Verb  | 
| contrive | x/  | Verb  | 
| strive | /  | Verb  | 
| learn | /  | Verb  | 
| depict | x/  | Verb  | 
| incorporate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| induce | x/  | Verb  | 
| embody | x/x  | Verb  | 
| modify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| discourage | x/x  | Verb  | 
| restrain | x/  | Verb  | 
| insinuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| dramatize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| persuade | x/  | Verb  | 
| adopt | x/  | Verb  | 
| behave | x/  | Verb  | 
| manipulate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| mock | /  | Adjective  | 
| employ | x/  | Verb  | 
| exhort | x/  | Verb  | 
| discern | x/  | Verb  | 
| spurn | /  | Verb  | 
| aspire | x/  | Verb  | 
| conform | x/  | Verb  | 
| compare | x/  | Verb  | 
| subvert | x/  | Verb  | 
| obey | x/  | Verb  | 
| seek | /  | Verb  | 
| harmonize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| identify | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| enjoin | x/  | Verb  | 
| demonstrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| engage | x/  | Verb  | 
| internalize | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| inspire | x/  | Verb  | 
| copycat | /xx  | Noun  | 
| embrace | x/  | Noun  | 
| perceive | x/  | Verb  | 
| synthesize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| reenact | xx/  | Verb  | 
| interpret | x/x  | Verb  | 
| trying | /x  | Verb  | 
| shun | /  | Noun  | 
| inculcate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| chastise | x/  | Verb  | 
| resist | x/  | Verb  | 
| assimilate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| invent | x/  | Verb  | 
| utilize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| usurp | x/  | Verb  | 
| duplicate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| evoke | x/  | Verb  | 
| modeled | /x  | Verb  | 
| instruct | x/  | Verb  | 
| ignore | x/  | Verb  | 
| create | x/  | Verb  | 
| execute | /xx  | Verb  | 
| promote | x/  | Verb  | 
| scold | /  | Verb  | 
| demean | x/  | Verb  | 
| disparage | x/x  | Verb  | 
| scrutinize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| motivate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| apprehend | xx/  | Verb  | 
| circumvent | xx/  | Verb  | 
| animate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| characterise | xxx/x  | Verb  | 
| criticise | /xx  | Verb  | 
| reinterpret | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| seduce | x/  | Verb  | 
| like | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| emphasize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| suppress | x/  | Verb  | 
| dissuade | x/  | Verb  | 
| tolerate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| thwart | /  | Verb  | 
| accentuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| attain | x/  | Verb  | 
| achieve | x/  | Verb  | 
| superimpose | xxx/  | Verb  | 
| react | x/  | Verb  | 
| berate | x/  | Verb  | 
| domesticate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| repudiate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| implement | /xx  | Verb  | 
| juxtapose | xx/  | Verb  | 
| recognise | /xx  | Verb  | 
| decry | x/  | Verb  | 
| exaggerate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| idealize | x/x  | Verb  | 
| produce | x/  | Verb  | 
| communicate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| steal | /  | Verb  | 
| supplant | x/  | Verb  | 
| compel | x/  | Verb  | 
| take after | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| pattern | /x  | Noun  | 
| mime | /  | Noun  | 
| parallel | /xx  | Noun  | 
| make like | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| clone | /  | Noun  | 
| represent | xx/  | Verb  | 
| understudy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| mirror | /x  | Noun  | 
| look like | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| sham | /  | Noun  | 
| facsimile | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| come after | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| approximate | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| intend | x/  | Verb  | 
| slavishly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| inimitable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| grained | /  | Verb  | 
| betters | /x  | Noun  | 
| mannerisms | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| embossed | x/  | Verb  | 
| gestures | /x  | Noun  | 
| ancients | /x  | Noun  | 
| act | /  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| anything | /xx  | Noun, Adverb  | 
| arid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| awesome | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| believe | x/  | Verb  | 
| but | /  | Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| can | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| carry | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| cease | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| changeless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| child | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| close | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| comedian | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| companionable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| contributes | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| counterfeit | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| deathless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| deified | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| depart | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| deserving | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| desirous | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| doubtless | /x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| dutch | /  | Name, Adjective, Verb  | 
| earthbound | /x  | Adjective  | 
| echo | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fabulous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| fake | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| flatter | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| follow | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| follow suit | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| forge | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| funny | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| gainst | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| keeps | /  | Noun  | 
| madam | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| maimed | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| make | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| monkey | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| none | /  | Noun, Adverb  | 
| nonhuman | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| nothing | /x  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| put | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| reproduction | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| respond | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| same | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| selfsame | //  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| serve | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| sexless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| somebody | /xx  | Noun  | 
| suffering | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| take off | //  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| think | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| tormented | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| unborn | //  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| collocation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| chunk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cluster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| standard | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
