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able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
additionally
x/xxx
Adverb
addressees
xx/
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
afar
x/
Adverb, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
aging
/x
Noun, Adjective
ahead
x/
Adverb
alienated
/xxxx
Adjective
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
aloof
x/
Adjective, Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
also
/x
Adverb
alternatively
x/xxx
Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
anna
/x
Name
anticipated
x/xxx
Adjective
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
approaching
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
aspiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
awfully
/x
Adverb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basking
/x
Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
become
x/
Verb
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
besides
x/
Adverb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
brand
/
Noun, Verb
breakfast
/x
Noun, Verb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
campuses
/xx
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
candidate
/xx
Noun, Verb
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
certainly
/xx
Adverb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
climates
/x
Verb
clocked
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clusters
/x
Noun
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
cometh
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb
commands
x/
Noun, Verb
committed
x/x
Adjective
community
x/xx
Noun
commuting
x/x
Noun, Adjective
completely
x/x
Adverb
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
constellations
xx/x
Noun
contingencies
x/xx
Noun
contingent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
continuance
x/xx
Noun
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
converge
x/
Verb
copycat
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
courthouses
/xx
Noun
cousin
/x
Noun, Verb
cubes
/
Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dairies
/x
Noun
damage
/x
Noun, Verb
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
day
/
Noun, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deliberately
x/xxx
Adverb
denying
x/x
Noun
depots
/x
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
destinies
/xx
Noun
development
x/xx
Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
dishonor
x/x
Noun, Verb
disproportionately
xx/xxx
Adverb
distal
/x
Adjective
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distantly
/xx
Adverb
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
does
/
Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
earliest
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
eastern
/x
Adjective
eat
/
Verb, Noun
economic
xx/x
Adjective
eights
/
Noun
either
/x
Adverb
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
elusive
x/x
Adjective
emerging
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
equally
/xx
Adverb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
evolution
xx/x
Noun
exactly
x/x
Adverb
exceedingly
x/xx
Adverb
except
x/
Verb
excess
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
excessive
x/x
Adjective
excluded
x/x
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
expectant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremely
x/x
Adverb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fairly
/x
Adverb
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
faraway
/x/
Noun, Adjective
faster
/x
Noun
fate
/
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
flung
/
Verb, Adjective
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
footsteps
/x
Noun
for
/
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forecasted
/xx
Adjective
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fortune
/x
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
frequently
/xx
Adverb
friendlier
/xx
Adjective
fruition
x/x
Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
furthermore
/xx
Adverb
future tense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
futures
/x
Noun
futuristic
xx/x
Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
god
/
Name, Verb
gonna
/x
Verb
gram
/
Noun
greatly
/x
Adverb
happiness
/xx
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
heading
/x
Noun
henceforth
//
Adverb
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
highly
/x
Adverb
him
/
Noun
horizon
x/x
Noun
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
huh
/
Noun
human
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
immeasurably
x/xxx
Adverb
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
in store
x/
Phrase
inaccessible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
inclusive
x/x
Adjective
incoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indeed
x/
Adverb
indefinitely
x/xxx
Adverb
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
insanely
x/x
Adverb
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
is
/
Verb, Noun
isolated
/xxx
Adjective
it
/
Noun, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lengthen
/x
Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
likewise
/x
Adverb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lo
/
Noun, Adjective
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ma
/
Name, Adjective
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
me
/
Noun
merely
/x
Adverb
meridian
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mile
/
Noun
millennium
x/xx
Noun
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
moreover
x/x
Adverb
morning
/x
Noun
must
/
Verb, Noun
myself
x/
Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
name
/
Noun, Verb
napoleon
x/xx
Name
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
ne
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nebulous
/xx
Adjective
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neighboring
/xx
Adjective
neighbouring
/xx
Verb, Adjective
neither
/x
Adverb
network
/x
Noun, Verb
never
/x
Adverb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noo
/
Adverb, Adjective
nope
/
Noun, Verb
nor
/
Noun
nota
/x
Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
noting
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
o
x
Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
omitted
x/x
Verb
once
/
Adverb, Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
onward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
opposed
x/
Adjective
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outermost
/xx
Noun
outlook
/x
Noun, Verb
outlying
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outpost
/x
Noun
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overboard
/xx
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
overly
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
overpayment
/xxx
Noun
overreacting
/xxxx
Verb
paces
/x
Noun
pacific
x/x
Name, Adjective
particularly
x/xxx
Adverb
partly
/x
Adverb
pas
/
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
peopled
/x
Adjective
perfectly
/xx
Adverb
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
peripheral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
planned
/
Adjective
plenty
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
populated
/xxx
Adjective
possibilities
xx/xx
Adjective
possible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
possibly
/xx
Adverb
posterity
x/xx
Noun
postwar
//
Adjective
potential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
prewar
x/
Adjective
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
prohibitively
x/xxx
Adverb
projected
x/x
Adjective
promise
/x
Noun, Verb
proposed
x/
Verb
proprietary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
prospective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
redemption
x/x
Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
relative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
remember
x/x
Verb
remote
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
removed
x/
Adjective
reserved
x/
Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
rider
/x
Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
righteousness
/xx
Noun
rising
/x
Noun, Adjective
sale
/
Noun
salvation
x/x
Noun, Verb
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
scarcely
/x
Adverb
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
selling
/x
Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortly
/x
Adverb
similarly
/xxx
Adverb
simply
/x
Adverb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
social
/x
Adjective, Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
somewhat
//
Adverb, Noun
space
/
Noun, Verb
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
strange
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
succeeding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
successive
x/x
Adjective
successor
x/x
Noun
sufficiently
x/xx
Adverb
suite
/
Noun
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb
survival
x/x
Noun
swim
/
Verb, Noun
tae
/
Noun
tai
/
Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tech
/
Noun, Verb
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terribly
/xx
Adverb
than
/
Adverb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
theirs
/
Adjective
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
therefore
/x
Adverb
thus
/
Adverb, Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
totally
/xx
Adverb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
ulterior
x/xx
Adjective
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unable
x/x
Adjective, Verb
unacceptably
xx/xx
Adverb
unattainable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
unavailable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
unborn
//
Adjective, Noun
unduly
x/x
Adverb
unintended
xx/x
Adjective
unmodified
x/xx
Adjective
unnecessarily
x/xxxx
Adverb
unpaid
x/
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unreachable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
unrealistically
xxx/xx
Adverb
unreasonably
x/xxx
Adverb
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective, Noun
upcoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
vague
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
war
/
Noun, Verb
wartime
/x
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weep
/
Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
without
x/
Adverb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
yon
/
Noun, Adverb
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
yore
/
Adverb, Noun
you
/
Verb, Noun
yourself
x/
Noun