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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| necessary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| requisite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| requirement | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| nicety | /xx | Noun |
| practicality | xx/xx | Noun |
| exigency | x/xx | Noun |
| indispensability | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| paramount | /xx | Name |
| expediency | x/xxx | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| virtue | /x | Noun |
| practicability | /xx/xx | Noun |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| convenience | x/x | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| usefulness | /xx | Noun |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| purpose | /x | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| desirability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| existence | x/x | Noun |
| obviating | /xxx | Verb |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| hindrance | /x | Noun |
| prudence | /x | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| cheapness | /x | Noun |
| precondition | xx/x | Noun |
| desire | x/x | Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun |
| absurdity | x/xx | Noun |
| simplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| expense | x/ | Noun |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| frugality | x/xx | Noun |
| thus | / | Adverb |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| unquestionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| futility | x/xx | Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| tantamount | /xx | Adjective |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| uselessness | /xx | Noun |
| adaptability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| consequently | /xxx | Adverb |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| extravagance | x/xx | Noun |
| regard | x/ | Noun |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| inherent | x/x | Adjective |
| intention | x/x | Noun |
| particularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| predilection | xx/x | Noun |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| preoccupation | xxx/x | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| propriety | x/xx | Noun |
| forgoing | x/x | Verb |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| needing | /x | Verb |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| practicalities | xx/xx | Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| novelty | /xx | Noun |
| imminence | /xx | Noun |
| neediness | /xx | Noun |
| condition | x/x | Noun |
| uniqueness | x/x | Noun |
| nomic | /x | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| contingency | x/xx | Noun |
| naming | /x | Noun |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective |
| proportionality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| inessential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| nonessential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| powerlessness | /xxx | Noun |
| reality | x/xx | Noun |
| required | x/x | Adjective |
| safety | /x | Noun, Verb |
| threats | / | Noun |
| topics | /x | Noun |
| want | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
