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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| poor | / | Noun, Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| undeserving | xx/x | Adjective |
| undernourished | xx/x | Adjective |
| desperately | /xxx | Adverb |
| sick | / | Adjective |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| charitable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ungrateful | x/x | Adjective |
| vulnerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| famished | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| wealthy | /x | Adjective |
| underserved | xx/ | Adjective |
| orphans | /x | Noun |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| greedy | /x | Adjective |
| friendless | /x | Adjective |
| selfish | /x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| clingy | /x | Adjective |
| fatherless | /xx | Noun |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sickly | /x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| marginalized | /xxx | Verb |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| pitifully | /xxx | Adverb |
| whiny | /x | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| caring | /x | Verb |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| spoiled | / | Adjective |
| eager | /x | Adjective |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| wanting | /x | Verb |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| meager | /x | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| scarce | / | Adjective |
| scanty | /x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective |
| rare | / | Adjective |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| unequal | x/x | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Verb |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| seedy | /x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| small | / | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| spare | / | Adjective |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective |
| bereft | x/ | Noun |
| neglected | x/x | Verb |
| supplicant | /xx | Noun |
| succour | // | Verb |
| distributing | x/xx | Verb |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb |
| dispensing | x/x | Verb |
| thy | / | Verb |
| lifts | / | Verb |
| trample | /x | Verb |
| donate | /x | Verb |
| aiding | /x | Verb |
| sighing | /x | Noun |
| ministering | /xx | Verb |
| assisting | x/x | Verb |
| crush | / | Verb |
| suppliant | x/x | Noun |
| wayfarer | /xx | Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| helping | /x | Verb |
| delivers | x/x | Verb |
| target | /x | Verb |
| relieving | x/x | Verb |
| providing | x/x | Verb |
| widows | /x | Noun |
| petitioner | x/xx | Noun |
| clothe | / | Verb |
| adventurer | x/xx | Noun |
| redistribute | xx/x | Verb |
| dependants | x/x | Noun |
| bestow | x/ | Verb |
| house | / | Verb |
| agriculturists | xx/xx | Noun |
| dependents | x/x | Noun |
| advantaged | x/x | Adjective |
| alms | / | Noun |
| arabs | /x | Noun |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| deaf | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| evacuees | x/xx | Noun |
| faithful | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| folks | / | Noun |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| freedmen | /x | Adjective |
| handicapped | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hippies | /x | Verb |
| hoodlums | /x | Noun |
| hooked | / | Adjective |
| horny | /x | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| lunatics | /xx | Noun |
| medically | /xx | Adverb |
| men | / | Noun |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| paupers | /x | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| required | x/x | Adjective |
| reside | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| rich | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| strapped | / | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
