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WordSyllablesCategories
obfuscation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
abstraction
x/x
Noun
subterfuge
/xx
Noun
mystification
/xx/x
Noun
explicitness
x/xx
Noun
misdirection
xx/x
Noun
subtlety
/xx
Noun
trickery
/xx
Noun
recursion
x/x
Noun
equivocation
xxx/x
Noun
allusion
x/x
Noun
artifice
/xx
Noun
implicit
x/x
Adjective
duplicity
x/xx
Noun
subversion
x/x
Noun
sophistry
x/x
Noun
traversal
x/x
Noun
referentiality
xx/x/xx
Noun
nuance
/x
Noun
evasion
x/x
Noun
syntactical
//xx
Adjective
ambiguity
xx/xx
Noun
directness
x/x
Noun
concurrency
x/xx
Noun
circumvention
xx/x
Noun
complexity
x/xx
Noun
reification
xxx/x
Noun
theatricality
xxx/xx
Noun
profundity
x/xx
Noun
circumspection
xx/x
Noun
simplification
xxx/x
Noun
coercion
x/x
Noun
layer
/x
Noun
dissimulation
xxx/x
Noun
poignancy
/xx
Noun
sophistication
xxx/x
Noun
explication
xx/x
Noun
parallelism
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Noun
elision
x/x
Noun
complication
xx/x
Noun
punning
/x
Noun
cleverness
/xx
Noun
guile
/
Noun
formality
x/xx
Noun
expressiveness
x/xx
Noun
encapsulation
x/x/x
Noun
interleaving
xx/x
Noun
wandering
/xx
Verb
random
/x
Noun
indiscretion
xx/x
Noun
disarray
xx/
Noun
vacillation
xx/x
Noun
anarchy
/xx
Noun
unconcern
xx/
Noun
indifference
x/xx
Noun
inadvertence
xx/x
Noun
folly
/x
Noun
stray
/
Noun
inefficiency
xx/xx
Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
disinterest
x/xx
Noun
vague
/
Adjective
irrelevance
x/xx
Noun
whimsy
/x
Noun
impertinence
x/xx
Noun
abandon
x/x
Verb
inattention
xx/x
Noun
inexperience
xx/xx
Noun
nonsense
/x
Noun
vacancy
/xx
Noun
blind alley
//x
Phrase, Noun
innuendo
xx/x
Noun
understatement
/xxx
Noun
metaphoric
xx/x
Adjective
accomplishes
x/xx
Verb
irony
/xx
Noun
masterpiece
/xx
Noun
implication
xx/x
Noun
ironic
x/x
Adjective
disguise
x/
Noun
cunning
/x
Adjective
suggestion
x/x
Noun
subtle
/x
Adjective
hints
/
Noun
proceeds
x/
Verb
inference
/xx
Noun
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective
level
/x
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
exerted
x/x
Verb
strategies
/xx
Noun
verbal
/x
Adjective
restraint
x/
Noun
elaborate
x/x
Adjective
poetic
x/x
Adjective
rhetoric
/xx
Noun
symbolic
x/x
Adjective
delicate
/xx
Adjective
technique
x/
Noun
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective
curious
/xx
Adjective
works
/
Verb
attained
x/
Verb
master
/x
Noun
device
x/
Noun
approach
x/
Verb
mode
/
Noun
achieved
x/
Verb
extra
/x
Adjective
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
preference
/xx
Noun
method
/x
Noun
element
/xx
Noun
allows
x/
Verb
uses
/x
Verb
decorum
x/x
Noun
distancing
/xx
Noun
exaggeration
xxx/x
Noun
finesse
x/
Noun, Verb
hyperbole
x/xx
Noun
sleight
/
Noun
wordplay
/x
Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb