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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| poor | / | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| needy | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| broken | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| destroyed | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| wiped out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| underdeveloped | xxx/x | Adjective |
| marginalized | /xxx | Verb |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| wealthy | /x | Adjective |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| embittered | x/x | Adjective |
| starved | / | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| disaffected | xx/x | Adjective |
| disempowered | xx/x | Adjective |
| crippled | /x | Verb |
| disinherited | xx/xx | Name |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| alienated | /xxxx | Verb |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| rural | /x | Adjective |
| isolated | /xxx | Adjective |
| populous | /xx | Adjective |
| unemployed | xx/ | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective |
| dispirited | x/xx | Adjective |
| traumatized | /xx | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| underclass | /xx | Noun |
| brutalized | /xx | Verb |
| devastated | /xxx | Verb |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| slums | / | Noun |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| debilitated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| submerged | x/ | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ridden | /x | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| weakened | /x | Verb |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| forsaken | x/x | Verb |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| emaciated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| humiliated | x/xxx | Verb |
| scrawny | /x | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| impaired | x/ | Verb |
| decayed | x/ | Adjective |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| depleted | x/x | Adjective |
| debased | x/ | Verb |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| down in the dumps | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| close to the bone | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| failed | / | Verb |
| beaten | /x | Verb |
| enriched | x/ | Verb |
| hidalgo | x/x | Name |
| northeast | x/ | Noun |
| peasantry | /xx | Noun |
| sharecroppers | /xx | Noun |
| nobleman | /xx | Noun |
| exchequer | /xx | Noun |
| populated | /xxx | Verb |
| samurai | /xx | Noun |
| aristocrat | x/xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb |
| smallholders | /xx | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| gentry | /x | Noun |
| gentility | x/xx | Noun |
| proletarians | xx/xx | Noun |
| irish | /x | Name |
| peasants | /x | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| boyhood | /x | Noun |
| childhoods | /x | Noun |
| exploited | /xx | Verb |
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun |
| widow | /x | Noun |
| defeated | x/x | Verb |
| fauna | /x | Noun |
| exhausted | x/x | Verb |
| economically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| squatters | /x | Noun |
| proletariat | xx/xx | Noun |
| squire | / | Noun |
| nobility | x/xx | Noun |
| nobles | /x | Noun |
| ghettos | /x | Noun |
| countryside | /xx | Noun |
| crowded | /x | Verb |
| peer | / | Noun |
| newcomers | /xx | Noun |
| landowner | /xx | Noun |
| mexicans | /xx | Name |
| biota | x/x | Noun |
| multitudes | /xx | Noun |
| dwellers | /x | Noun |
| restricted | x/x | Verb |
| south | / | Noun |
| advantaged | x/x | Adjective |
| attenuated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| enslaved | x/ | Adjective |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| prosperous | /xx | Adjective |
| scarce | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| urbanized | /xx | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
