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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| incident | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nonessential | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| inessential | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| parenthetical | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| accompanying | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| concomitant | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun | 
| secondary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| related | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| attendant | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| peripheral | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| by | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| side | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun | 
| bye | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| related to | x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| trifling | /x | Adjective | 
| tangential | x/x | Adjective | 
| unrelated | xx/x | Adjective | 
| trivial | /xx | Adjective | 
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mundane | x/ | Adjective | 
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective | 
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| transitory | /xxx | Adjective | 
| diversion | x/x | Noun | 
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective | 
| miscellaneous | xx/xx | Name | 
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective | 
| quotidian | //xx | Noun | 
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective | 
| indirect | xx/ | Adjective | 
| infrequent | x/x | Adjective | 
| allusion | x/x | Noun | 
| implication | xx/x | Noun | 
| minor | /x | Noun | 
| distraction | x/x | Noun | 
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective | 
| excluding | x/x | Verb | 
| banal | x/ | Adjective | 
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective | 
| intentional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| incidentally | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| actual | /xx | Adjective | 
| substantial | x/x | Adjective | 
| attributable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| diminution | xx/x | Noun | 
| coincidental | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| interruption | xx/x | Noun | 
| special | /x | Adjective | 
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| significance | x/xx | Noun | 
| egregious | x/x | Adjective | 
| contemporaneous | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| foregrounding | /xx | Noun | 
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| substantive | /xx | Adjective | 
| expense | x/ | Noun | 
| nonspecific | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| personal | /xx | Adjective | 
| salient | /xx | Adjective | 
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| significant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective | 
| intrinsic | x/x | Adjective | 
| negligible | /xxx | Adjective | 
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective | 
| adverse | x/ | Adjective | 
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| distracting | x/x | Adjective | 
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective | 
| purposeful | /xx | Adjective | 
| specific | x/x | Adjective | 
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective | 
| nonrecurring | xx/x | Adjective | 
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective | 
| marginal | /xx | Adjective | 
| minimal | /xx | Adjective | 
| peculiarity | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| serendipitous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| exclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| by the by | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| implied | x/ | Adjective | 
| apropos | xx/ | Noun | 
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| casual | /xx | Adjective | 
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective | 
| collateral | x/xx | Noun | 
| coincident | x/xx | Noun | 
| chance | / | Noun | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| secondhand | /xx | Adjective | 
| interconnected | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| implicit | x/x | Adjective | 
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective | 
| correlated | /xxx | Verb | 
| remote | x/ | Adjective | 
| linked | / | Verb | 
| very | /x | Adverb | 
| interspersed | xx/ | Verb | 
| sideways | /x | Adverb | 
| concurrent | x/x | Adjective | 
| close | / | Adjective | 
| sequent | /x | Noun | 
| roundabout | /xx | Adjective | 
| alternate | /xx | Adjective | 
| scattered | /x | Adjective | 
| borderline | /xx | Noun | 
| subliminal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| episodic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| minutely | /xx | Adverb | 
| recasts | x/ | Noun | 
| appendectomy | xx/xx | Noun | 
| damages | /xx | Noun | 
| byproduct | /xx | Noun | 
| finding | /x | Noun | 
| splenectomy | //xx | Noun | 
| catches | /x | Noun | 
| reproach | x/ | Verb | 
| autopsy | /xx | Noun | 
| take | / | Noun | 
| learnings | /x | Noun | 
| music | /x | Noun | 
| beneficiary | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| mentions | /x | Noun | 
| notices | /xx | Noun | 
| capture | /x | Noun | 
| neglect | x/ | Verb | 
| kill | / | Noun | 
| additives | /xx | Noun | 
| accompaniments | x/xx | Noun | 
| inconveniences | xx/xx | Noun | 
| recall | /x | Noun | 
| motions | /x | Noun | 
| remark | x/ | Noun | 
| ingestion | x/x | Noun | 
| teaching | /x | Noun | 
| permit | x/ | Noun | 
| aneurysms | /x/x | Noun | 
| references | /xxx | Noun | 
| accessories | x/xx | Noun | 
| accords | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| additional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| adjunct | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| alms | / | Noun | 
| alter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| annexes | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| appendices | x/xx | Noun | 
| appliances | x/xx | Noun | 
| apprentices | x/xx | Noun | 
| associated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| attached | x/ | Adjective | 
| attachment | x/x | Noun | 
| auxiliary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bits | / | Noun | 
| bogus | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bushels | /x | Noun | 
| buys | / | Noun | 
| bycatch | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cabins | /x | Noun | 
| causal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| circumstantial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| classified | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| complementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| contingent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| corroborative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| counterfeit | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| determinative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective | 
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| faux | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| fittings | /x | Noun | 
| fixtures | /x | Noun | 
| flourishes | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| forged | / | Adjective | 
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective | 
| fringe | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| furnishings | /xx | Noun | 
| granny | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| important | x/x | Adjective | 
| inherent | x/x | Adjective | 
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| interesting | /xx | Adjective | 
| interlocutory | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| isolated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| obvious | /xx | Adjective | 
| orderlies | /xx | Noun | 
| pertaining | x/x | Noun | 
| pertinent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| phony | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| pickings | /x | Noun | 
| presents | /x | Noun | 
| props | / | Noun | 
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| relative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| roommates | /x | Adverb | 
| schedules | /x | Noun | 
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| squads | / | Noun | 
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| subsidiary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| supplementary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| synopses | x/x | Noun | 
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| treats | / | Verb, Noun | 
| unanticipated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| unexplained | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unforeseeable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unforeseen | xx/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| untrue | x/ | Adjective | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| various | /xx | Adjective | 
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective | 
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
