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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| ache | / | Noun, Verb |
| actually | /xxx | Adverb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| advocate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| aim | / | Noun, Verb |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| ambition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| anna | /x | Name |
| annoyance | x/x | Noun |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| aspire | x/ | Verb |
| attempt | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| await | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bagged | / | Adjective |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| begrudge | x/ | Verb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| care | / | Noun, Verb |
| carelessness | /xx | Noun |
| certainly | /xx | Adverb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| choose | / | Verb, Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| clocked | / | Adjective |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| completely | x/x | Adverb |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| corned | / | Adjective |
| crave | / | Verb, Noun |
| cry | / | Noun, Verb |
| currently | /xx | Adverb |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| denying | x/x | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| desire | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| desirous | x/x | Adjective |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| discredit | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| diviner | x/x | Noun |
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| does | / | Noun |
| don | / | Name, Verb |
| dread | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dream | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| drown | / | Verb, Noun |
| eat | / | Verb, Noun |
| either | /x | Adverb |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| envy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| except | x/ | Verb |
| excluded | x/x | Verb |
| expect | x/ | Verb |
| fail | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| feel | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| feel like | // | Phrase, Verb |
| few | / | Noun |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| footsteps | /x | Noun |
| forbidden | /xx | Adjective |
| forget | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| furnish | /x | Verb, Noun |
| gave | / | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| god | / | Name, Verb |
| gonna | /x | Verb |
| gotta | /x | Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardly | /x | Adverb |
| hate | / | Verb, Noun |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| hear | / | Verb |
| heil | / | Name, Verb |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| how | / | Adverb, Noun |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| huh | / | Noun |
| hunger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| incorporeal | x/xx | Adjective |
| indivisible | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| insist | x/ | Verb |
| instead | x/ | Adverb |
| insufficiently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| intend | x/ | Verb |
| intent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| is | / | Verb, Noun |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| lack | / | Noun, Verb |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| least | / | Adverb, Noun |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| lust | / | Noun, Verb |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| merely | /x | Adverb |
| mind | / | Noun, Verb |
| misapprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| missing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| misunderstanding | xxx/x | Noun |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nah | / | Name |
| napoleon | x/xx | Name |
| nav | / | Noun, Verb |
| naw | / | Verb |
| nay | / | Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| neither | /x | Adverb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| nicht | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| noo | / | Adverb, Adjective |
| nope | / | Noun, Verb |
| nor | / | Noun |
| nota | /x | Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| noting | /x | Noun |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| number | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| offer | /x | Verb, Noun |
| often | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| okay | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| omitted | x/x | Verb |
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| opposed | x/ | Adjective |
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| paces | /x | Noun |
| pas | / | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| please | / | Verb, Adverb |
| plenty | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| plus | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| prefer | x/ | Verb |
| pretty | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| privation | x/x | Noun |
| prohibited | x/xx | Adjective |
| psyche | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun |
| rarely | /x | Adverb |
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| ready | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| really | /x | Adverb, Verb |
| refrain | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| refused | x/ | Noun |
| remember | x/x | Verb |
| request | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| require | x/x | Verb |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| resent | x/ | Verb |
| resuscitate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| sans | / | Adjective |
| sap | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| scarcely | /x | Adverb |
| seek | / | Verb, Noun |
| seldom | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| shortly | /x | Adverb |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| sing | / | Verb, Noun |
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| soon | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| starve | / | Verb |
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| step | / | Noun, Verb |
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| strive | / | Verb, Noun |
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| surely | /x | Adverb |
| taha | xx | Name |
| taste | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| than | / | Adverb, Noun |
| theirs | / | Adjective |
| therefore | /x | Adverb |
| thing | / | Noun, Verb |
| think | / | Verb, Noun |
| thirst | / | Noun, Verb |
| tightness | /x | Noun |
| to | / | Adverb, Noun |
| too | / | Adverb |
| torrance | /x | Name |
| totally | /xx | Adverb |
| true | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| try | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| unable | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| unmodified | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpaid | x/ | Adjective |
| unplanned | x/ | Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unwillingness | x/xx | Noun |
| unworthiness | x/xx | Noun |
| urge | / | Noun, Verb |
| very | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| wait | / | Verb, Noun |
| wanna | /x | Noun |
| wanted | /x | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weep | / | Verb, Noun |
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whilst | / | Adverb |
| why | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| wicket | /x | Noun |
| willingness | /xx | Noun |
| wish | / | Verb, Noun |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| yeah | / | Noun |
| yearn | / | Verb, Noun |
| yes | / | Name, Verb |
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
