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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| deserved | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| due | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| earned | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| unmerited | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| worthy | /x | Adjective | 
| warranted | /xx | Verb | 
| garnered | /x | Verb | 
| commendation | xx/x | Noun | 
| bestowed | x/ | Verb | 
| justified | /xx | Verb | 
| rewarded | x/x | Verb | 
| elicited | x/xx | Verb | 
| received | x/ | Verb | 
| praised | / | Verb | 
| awarded | x/x | Verb | 
| accolade | /xx | Noun | 
| accorded | x/x | Verb | 
| vouchsafed | // | Verb | 
| provoked | x/ | Verb | 
| spared | / | Verb | 
| recognition | xx/x | Noun | 
| lavished | /x | Verb | 
| undeserved | xx/ | Adjective | 
| given | /x | Verb | 
| commended | x/x | Verb | 
| risked | / | Verb | 
| overshadowed | xx/x | Verb | 
| detracted | x/x | Verb | 
| afforded | x/x | Verb | 
| precluded | x/x | Verb | 
| rescinded | x/x | Verb | 
| occasioned | x/x | Verb | 
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective | 
| lauded | /x | Verb | 
| reprimand | /xx | Noun | 
| conferred | x/ | Verb | 
| deigned | / | Verb | 
| resulted | x/x | Verb | 
| ascribed | x/ | Verb | 
| befitted | x/x | Verb | 
| sustained | x/ | Adjective | 
| considered | x/x | Verb | 
| judged | / | Verb | 
| justifiable | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| recognized | /xx | Verb | 
| demerit | x/x | Noun | 
| sufficed | x/ | Verb | 
| approbation | xx/x | Noun | 
| demanded | x/x | Verb | 
| kudos | /x | Noun | 
| commensurate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| applauded | x/x | Verb | 
| attained | x/ | Verb | 
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective | 
| creditable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| praiseworthy | /xx | Adjective | 
| regarded | x/x | Verb | 
| preceded | x/x | Verb | 
| contributed | x/xx | Verb | 
| refrained | x/ | Verb | 
| acknowledged | x/x | Verb | 
| paid | / | Verb | 
| meritorious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| deemed | / | Verb | 
| spurred | / | Verb | 
| prefaced | /x | Verb | 
| deferred | x/ | Adjective | 
| noteworthy | /xx | Adjective | 
| doubtless | /x | Adverb | 
| condemnation | xx/x | Noun | 
| exacted | x/x | Verb | 
| vindicated | /xxx | Verb | 
| necessitated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| evoked | x/ | Verb | 
| unwarranted | x/xx | Adjective | 
| complimented | /xxx | Verb | 
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| notoriety | xx/xx | Noun | 
| eluded | x/x | Verb | 
| reaped | / | Verb | 
| yielded | /x | Verb | 
| gained | / | Verb | 
| honored | /x | Adjective | 
| distinguished | x/x | Adjective | 
| brought | / | Verb | 
| disproportionate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| granted | /x | Verb | 
| heaped | / | Verb | 
| censure | /x | Noun | 
| worth | / | Noun | 
| damning | /x | Adjective | 
| trumped | / | Adjective | 
| entailed | x/ | Verb | 
| worthwhile | // | Adjective | 
| sufficient | x/x | Adjective | 
| concluded | x/x | Verb | 
| mattered | /x | Verb | 
| included | x/x | Verb | 
| reckoned | /x | Verb | 
| mention | /x | Noun | 
| regretted | x/x | Verb | 
| rivaled | /x | Verb | 
| endured | x/ | Verb | 
| achieved | x/ | Verb | 
| sought | / | Verb | 
| posthumous | /xx | Adjective | 
| reveled | /x | Verb | 
| suffered | /x | Verb | 
| denied | x/ | Verb | 
| engendered | x/x | Verb | 
| saluted | x/x | Verb | 
| solicited | x/xx | Verb | 
| escaped | x/ | Verb | 
| remembered | x/x | Verb | 
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| withheld | x/ | Verb | 
| sparked | / | Verb | 
| qualify | /xx | Verb | 
| alluded | x/x | Verb | 
| remarked | x/ | Verb | 
| evidenced | /xx | Verb | 
| proud | / | Adjective | 
| respectable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| respected | x/x | Adjective | 
| entitled | x/x | Verb | 
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| prized | / | Adjective | 
| trustworthy | /xx | Adjective | 
| rebuke | x/ | Noun | 
| chastisement | x/x | Noun | 
| reproof | xx | Noun | 
| punishment | /xx | Noun | 
| doom | / | Noun | 
| scorn | / | Noun | 
| retribution | xx/x | Noun | 
| contempt | x/ | Noun | 
| applause | x/ | Noun | 
| reputation | xx/x | Noun | 
| popularity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| fate | / | Noun | 
| success | x/ | Noun | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| coloured | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| coveted | /xx | Adjective | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| earnest | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| enviable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| envied | /x | Adjective | 
| everlasting | xx/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| fitting | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| headway | /x | Noun | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| known | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| managing | /xx | Noun | 
| manifest | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| needed | /x | Adjective | 
| organized | /xx | Adjective | 
| peopled | /x | Adjective | 
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| promised | /x | Adjective | 
| read | / | Verb, Noun | 
| serve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sounding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| translating | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| undying | x/x | Adjective | 
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| wishing | /x | Adjective | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
