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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| instant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| exigent | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| insistent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| commanding | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| urgent | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| peremptory | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| crying | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective |
| vital | /x | Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| paramount | /xx | Name |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| indispensable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| indisputable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| axiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| advisable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unquestionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| behooves | x/ | Verb |
| prudent | /x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| needful | /x | Adjective |
| advantageous | xx/x | Adjective |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective |
| objective | x/x | Noun |
| preferable | /xxx | Adjective |
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| economical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| integral | /xx | Noun |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| possible | /xx | Adjective |
| mindful | /x | Adjective |
| exigency | x/xx | Noun |
| necessitate | x/xx | Verb |
| antithetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| singular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| priority | x/xx | Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| feasible | /xx | Adjective |
| impelling | x/x | Noun |
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| worthwhile | // | Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| conscious | /x | Adjective |
| ideal | x/ | Noun |
| inconceivable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| undeniable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| optimal | /xx | Adjective |
| invariable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| salient | /xx | Adjective |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| importantly | x/xx | Adverb |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| strategic | x/x | Noun |
| striving | /x | Noun |
| conceivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| stressing | /x | Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| incontrovertible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective |
| wise | / | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| predominant | x/xx | Adjective |
| prerogative | x/xx | Noun |
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Noun |
| ethical | /xx | Adjective |
| safeguard | /x | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| irrefutable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intrinsic | x/x | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| clear | / | Adjective |
| of the essence | /x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| requisite | /xx | Adjective |
| obligate | /xx | Noun |
| required | x/x | Verb |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective |
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun |
| needed | /x | Verb |
| constitutive | /xxx | Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| central | /x | Noun |
| mandate | /x | Noun |
| operative | /xxx | Adjective |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective |
| especial | x/x | Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| pertinent | /xx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| certain | /x | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective |
| inbuilt | // | Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective |
| determinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| final | /x | Adjective |
| first | / | Adjective |
| sovereign | /x | Noun |
| univocal | xx/x | Adjective |
| uppermost | /xx | Adjective |
| measurable | /xxx | Adjective |
| cogent | /x | Adjective |
| precious | /x | Adjective |
| undoubted | x/x | Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| constrained | x/ | Adjective |
| relative | /xx | Adjective |
| primary | /xx | Adjective |
| prime | / | Noun |
| impulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Noun |
| vocative | /xx | Noun |
| aorist | x/x | Noun |
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| kant | / | Name |
| infinitive | x/xx | Noun |
| summons | /x | Noun |
| obeying | x/x | Verb |
| mood | / | Noun |
| sing | / | Noun |
| plural | /x | Noun |
| suffix | /x | Noun |
| verb | / | Noun |
| affirmative | x/xx | Noun |
| sentences | /xx | Noun |
| arises | x/x | Noun |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| beseeching | x/x | Noun |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| categorical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cheque | / | Noun, Adjective |
| commandment | x/x | Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| considerations | xxx/x | Noun |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cornerstone | /xx | Noun |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| dictates | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| impersonal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incumbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mainstay | /x | Noun |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| nexus | /x | Noun |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precondition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| predicative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| qua | / | Adjective |
| reasons | /x | Noun |
| soundness | /x | Noun |
| spoke | / | Verb, Noun |
| standpoint | /x | Noun |
| subjunctive | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| unconditional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| underpinning | /xxx | Noun |
| viewpoint | /x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
