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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| oblivion | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| purgatory | /xxx | Noun |
| netherworld | /xx | Noun |
| abeyance | x/x | Noun |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun |
| indeterminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| mired | / | Verb |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| quicksand | /x | Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective |
| disarray | xx/ | Noun |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| stasis | /x | Noun |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| floundering | /xx | Noun |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| indecision | xx/x | Noun |
| daze | / | Noun |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| quandary | /xx | Noun |
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| waiting | /x | Verb |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| exile | /x | Noun |
| lurch | / | Noun |
| standstill | /x | Noun |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| floating | /x | Noun |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| marooned | x/ | Verb |
| pending | /x | Verb |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| perpetual | x/xx | Adjective |
| catatonic | xx/x | Noun |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| trapped | / | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| eternity | x/xx | Noun |
| transitional | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfinished | x/x | Adjective |
| liminal | /xx | Adjective |
| unhappily | x/xx | Adverb |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| frozen | /x | Adjective |
| comatose | /xx | Adjective |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| sort | / | Noun |
| awaiting | x/x | Verb |
| suspended | x/x | Verb |
| forever | x/x | Adverb |
| motionless | /xx | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| lingering | /xx | Adjective |
| state | / | Noun |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| hovering | /xx | Verb |
| liminality | /x/xx | Noun |
| muddle | /x | Noun |
| void | / | Noun |
| interim | /xx | Noun |
| hanging | /x | Verb |
| shambles | /x | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| disrepair | xx/ | Noun |
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun |
| realm | / | Noun |
| wrangling | /xx | Noun |
| hiatus | x/x | Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| bardo | /x | Noun |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| stalled | / | Verb |
| miasma | x/x | Noun |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective |
| still | / | Adverb |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| dangling | /xx | Verb |
| eternally | x/xx | Adverb |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| interregnum | xx/x | Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| remain | x/ | Verb |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| heaven | /x | Noun |
| paradise | /xx | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| sepulchre | xxx | Noun |
| lost soul | // | Phrase, Noun |
| halo | /x | Noun |
| indulgence | x/x | Noun |
| temple | /x | Noun |
| office | /x | Noun |
| relic | /x | Noun |
| shrine | / | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| obit | /x | Noun |
| sanctum sanctorum | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| oblate | x/ | Noun |
| sanctuary | /xxx | Noun |
| jubilee | /xx | Noun |
| neophyte | /xx | Noun |
| hallows | /x | Name |
| mortal sin | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| incorruptible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| heavenly body | /xx/x | Name, Name |
| cloister | /x | Noun |
| consign | x/ | Verb |
| relegate | /xx | Verb |
| vanities | /xx | Noun |
| dialogues | /xx | Noun |
| forgetfulness | x/xx | Noun |
| tartar | /x | Adjective |
| pagans | /x | Noun |
| into | x/ | Verb |
| somewhere | /x | Adverb |
| nothingness | /xx | Noun |
| timeless | /x | Adjective |
| souls | / | Noun |
| superstitions | xx/x | Noun |
| meditations | xx/x | Noun |
| unreality | xx/xx | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| banished | /x | Verb |
| rescued | /x | Verb |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| stranded | /x | Verb |
| vanished | /x | Verb |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dial | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| emptiness | /xx | Noun |
| expectation | xx/x | Noun |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gridlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gumbo | /x | Noun |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| inadequacies | x/xxx | Noun |
| laminae | /xx | Noun |
| limb | / | Noun, Verb |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| preoccupations | xxx/x | Verb |
| purview | /x | Noun |
| standpoint | /x | Noun |
| straitjacket | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| suspense | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| tightrope | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vacuum | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
