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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| meantime | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| meanwhile | /x | Adverb, Adverb, Noun |
| while away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wait out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective |
| waiting game | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wait for | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| presently | /xx | Adverb |
| temporarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| in abeyance | xx/x | Phrase |
| currently | /xx | Adverb |
| at present | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| while | / | Noun, Verb |
| waiting | /x | Verb |
| buy time | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sit tight | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hold off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| prolonging | x/x | Verb |
| hold on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| awhile | x/ | Adverb |
| stay in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| hold out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective |
| wait on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| right now | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| patiently | /xx | Adverb |
| postponing | x/x | Verb |
| stay put | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stick around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| in between | xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| hang around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| passively | /xx | Adverb |
| continuance | x/xx | Noun |
| throughout | x/ | Adverb |
| patience | /x | Noun |
| stay with | // | Phrase |
| delaying | x/x | Verb |
| in perpetuity | xxx/xx | Phrase, Adverb |
| stay on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb |
| what about | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| provisionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| awaiting | x/x | Verb |
| nonetheless | xx/ | Adverb |
| procrastinate | x/xx | Verb |
| until | x/ | |
| without delay | x/x/ | Phrase |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective |
| continuously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| prolongation | x/xx | Noun |
| continue | x/x | Verb |
| momentarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| staying | /x | Verb |
| stalling | /x | Noun |
| in progress | x/x | Phrase |
| inattention | xx/x | Noun |
| stay at | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| intermittently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| in comparison | xx/xx | Phrase |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| nevertheless | xxx/ | Adverb |
| in practice | x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| keep in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| undecided | xx/x | Adjective |
| pending | /x | Verb |
| remained | x/ | Verb |
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective |
| hang back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| temporally | /xxx | Adverb |
| in passing | x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| balkan | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bygone | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chap | / | Noun, Verb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concurrently | x/xx | Adverb |
| cooks | / | Noun |
| days | / | Noun, Adverb |
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| everyday | /x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| faraway | /x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| himself | x/ | Adverb |
| hither | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hour | /x | Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| interim | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| interval | /xx | Noun |
| intervening | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| livestock | /x | Noun |
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| money | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| nanny | /x | Noun, Verb |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| parallel | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| period | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| predominate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| range | / | Noun, Verb |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| simultaneously | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| span | / | Noun, Verb |
| sub | / | Noun, Verb |
| time | / | Noun, Verb |
| timeline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| troop | / | Noun, Verb |
| weather | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
