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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| literal | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| directed | x/x | Verb |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| technical | /xx | Name |
| just | / | Adverb |
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deadpan | /x | Adjective |
| bound up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| monotonic | /x/x | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| lean and mean | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| plain | / | Noun |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| outright | // | Adjective |
| very | /x | Adverb |
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| subservient | x/xx | Adjective |
| plain as day | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| rectilinear | /x/xx | Adjective |
| calculating | /xxx | Verb |
| set in one's ways | /x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| mono | /x | Noun |
| controlled | x/ | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| canonical | x/xx | Adjective |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| plump | / | Adjective |
| affirmative | x/xx | Noun |
| right as rain | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| linearized | /xxx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| typical | /xx | Adjective |
| blank | / | Noun |
| sincere | x/ | Adjective |
| pure | / | Adjective |
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| terse | / | Noun |
| slavish | /x | Adjective |
| material | x/xx | Noun |
| frank | / | Name |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
