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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| valid | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| lawful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| true | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| rightful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| established | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| logical | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| legalize | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| licit | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| legitimize | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| illegitimate | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| legit | /x | Noun |
| genuine | /xx | Adjective |
| justifiable | /xxxx | Adjective |
| legitimacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| bogus | /x | Adjective |
| viable | /xx | Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| credible | /xx | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| illicit | x/x | Noun |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun |
| verifiable | /xxxx | Adjective |
| worthy | /x | Adjective |
| respectable | x/xx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| fake | / | Noun |
| reputable | /xxx | Adjective |
| plausible | /xx | Adjective |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| actual | /xx | Adjective |
| reasonable | /xxx | Adjective |
| lucrative | /xx | Adjective |
| probable | /xx | Adjective |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| vital | /x | Adjective |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| possible | /xx | Adjective |
| profitable | /xxx | Adjective |
| conceivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| good | / | Adjective |
| putative | /xx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| honorable | /xxx | Name |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| purported | x/x | Adjective |
| presumed | x/ | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| trustworthy | /xx | Adjective |
| authentic | x/x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| honourable | /xxx | Name |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| professional | x/xx | Adjective |
| worthwhile | // | Adjective |
| democratic | xx/x | Name |
| decent | /x | Adjective |
| spurious | /xx | Adjective |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| primary | /xx | Adjective |
| arguable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unquestionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| prerogative | x/xx | Noun |
| reliable | x/xx | Adjective |
| discrediting | x/xx | Noun |
| ethical | /xx | Adjective |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| valuable | /xx | Adjective |
| indisputable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| suitable | /xx | Adjective |
| mainstream | /x | Noun |
| satisfactory | xx/x | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective |
| identifiable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective |
| threat | / | Noun |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| essential | x/x | Adjective |
| adequate | /xx | Adjective |
| recourse | /x | Noun |
| creditable | /xxx | Adjective |
| antithetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| sound | / | Noun |
| allowable | x/xx | Adjective |
| official | x/x | Noun |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| liable | /xx | Adjective |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| right | / | Noun |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| admissible | x/xx | Adjective |
| able | /x | Adjective |
| dutiful | /xx | Adjective |
| customary | /xxx | Adjective |
| moral | /x | Adjective |
| normative | /xx | Adjective |
| permissible | x/xx | Adjective |
| regular | /xx | Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb |
| competent | /xx | Adjective |
| upstanding | /xx | Adjective |
| correct | x/ | Adjective |
| entitled | x/x | Verb |
| accepted | x/x | Verb |
| conformable | x/xx | Adjective |
| validated | /xxx | Verb |
| heritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| in order | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| enforceable | x/xx | Adjective |
| righteous | /x | Adjective |
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| solid | /x | Adjective |
| warranted | /xx | Verb |
| justified | /xx | Verb |
| permitted | x/x | Verb |
| seemly | /x | Adjective |
| attested | x/x | Verb |
| approved | x/ | Verb |
| fair | / | Noun |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective |
| faithful | /x | Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| tidy | /x | Adjective |
| round | / | Noun |
| factual | /xx | Adjective |
| consensual | x/xx | Adjective |
| allowed | x/ | Verb |
| handsome | /x | Adjective |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| standardized | /xx | Adjective |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective |
| answerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb |
| rationalize | /xxx | Verb |
| heir | / | Noun |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| top | / | Verb |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| consolidate | x/xx | Verb |
| sanctioned | /x | Verb |
| claimant | /x | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| sovereign | /x | Noun |
| aspirations | xx/x | Noun |
| acknowledged | x/x | Adjective |
| authorised | /xx | Adjective |
| criminalize | /xxx | Verb |
| draft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| eligible | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| forensic | x/x | Adjective |
| inalienable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| indirect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| legality | x/xx | Noun |
| legislative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| legitimise | x/xx | Verb |
| legitimised | x/xx | Verb |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| normal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outlaw | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| overthrow | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| paramount | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rational | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| religious | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sharia | /xx | Noun |
| shariah | x/x | Noun |
| sole | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| statutory | /xxx | Adjective |
| substantiated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| twofold | // | Adjective, Adverb |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unlawful | x/x | Adjective |
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective |
| vested | /x | Adjective |
| virtuous | /xx | Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
