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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| stopgap | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| improvised | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| temporary | /xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| impermanent | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| ramshackle | /xx | Adjective |
| rickety | /xx | Adjective |
| wooden | /x | Adjective |
| disused | x/ | Adjective |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tent | / | Noun |
| impromptu | x/x | Noun |
| barricade | /xx | Noun |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| shack | / | Noun |
| homemade | // | Noun |
| shanty | /x | Noun |
| portable | /xx | Noun |
| contraption | x/x | Noun |
| windowless | /xx | Adjective |
| sprawling | /x | Verb |
| communal | x/x | Adjective |
| collapsible | x/xx | Adjective |
| cardboard | /x | Noun |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| ersatz | /x | Noun |
| throwaway | /xx | Noun |
| sham | / | Noun |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| dummy | /x | Noun |
| sticking plaster | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| fake | / | Noun |
| mock | / | Adjective |
| fudge | / | Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| almost | /x | Adverb |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| counterfeit | /xx | Noun |
| short shrift | // | Phrase, Noun |
| duff | / | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| token | /x | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| vapor | /x | Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun |
| blank | / | Noun |
| shirking | /x | Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| missing link | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| chimera | x/x | Noun |
| straw | / | Noun |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| stray | / | Noun |
| waif | / | Noun |
| guesswork | /x | Noun |
| fodder | /x | Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| menial | /xx | Adjective |
| inchoate | // | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| amateur | /xx | Noun |
| last minute | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| motley | /x | Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| shambles | /x | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun |
| dwarfing | /x | Noun |
| unworkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| garbage | /x | Noun |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| second | /x | Noun |
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| rope of sand | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| fume | / | Noun |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| charade | x/ | Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| omitting | x/x | Verb |
| trifle | /x | Noun |
| lacking | /x | Verb |
| hedge | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun |
| stretcher | /x | Noun |
| podium | /xx | Noun |
| infirmary | x/xx | Noun |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| darkroom | /x | Noun |
| tourniquet | xxx | Noun |
| crutch | / | Noun |
| raft | / | Noun |
| shelters | /x | Noun |
| corral | x/ | Noun |
| sling | / | Noun |
| crutches | /x | Noun |
| bandage | /x | Noun |
| easel | /x | Noun |
| sleds | / | Noun |
| pallet | /x | Noun |
| bier | / | Noun |
| stalls | / | Noun |
| airstrip | /x | Noun |
| crib | / | Noun |
| noose | / | Noun |
| awnings | /x | Noun |
| cot | / | Noun |
| courtroom | /x | Noun |
| ambulances | /xxx | Noun |
| hammock | /x | Noun |
| latrine | x/ | Noun |
| dais | / | Noun |
| hovels | /x | Noun |
| runway | /x | Noun |
| huts | / | Noun |
| altar | /x | Noun |
| stockade | /x | Noun |
| bunks | / | Noun |
| studio | /xx | Noun |
| pillow | /x | Noun |
| scaffold | /x | Noun |
| roadblock | /x | Noun |
| accommodations | xxx/x | Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| barrack | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| caretaker | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| clapboard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commodious | x/xx | Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| demolished | x/x | Adjective |
| dodge | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drafty | /x | Adjective |
| equipped | x/ | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fallback | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grenade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| handmade | // | Adjective, Noun |
| hasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| imitations | xx/x | Noun |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| interim | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lodging | /x | Noun |
| mobile | /x | Adjective, Name |
| overcrowded | /xxx | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| provisional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| remodeled | x/x | Noun |
| roomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| substitute | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| transitional | x/xx | Adjective |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| unsanitary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| wealthy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
