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abbey
/x
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
achievement
x/x
Noun
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
affair
x/
Noun
affecting
x/x
Adjective
africa
/xx
Name
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
agriculture
/xxx
Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
aid
/
Noun, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
all but
//
Phrase, Adverb
alley
/x
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
america
x/xx
Name
among
x/
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
anna
/x
Name
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
any
/x
Adverb
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
appearance
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
archetypal
//x
Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrival
x/x
Noun
asia
/x
Name
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bag
/
Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
beast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
because
x/
Adverb
been
/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beforehand
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
bell
/
Noun, Verb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
biggest
/x
Adjective
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blasphemy
/xx
Noun
blob
/
Noun, Verb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bonus
/x
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boredom
/x
Noun
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
breadth
/
Noun
brew
/
Noun, Verb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bug
/
Noun, Verb
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
car
/
Noun
carrefour
/xx
Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
certainly
/xx
Adverb
chair
/
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheerful
/x
Adjective
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
circa
/x
Noun
clocked
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
close to
//
Phrase, Adverb
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
commonest
/xx
Adjective
completely
x/x
Adverb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
constellation
xx/x
Noun
contraption
x/x
Noun
cousin
/x
Noun, Verb
covering
/xx
Noun
cracker
/x
Noun
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
creature
/x
Noun
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
currently
/xx
Adverb
darts
/
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
deceitful
x/x
Adjective
deceived
x/
Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deed
/
Noun, Verb
denominator
x/xxx
Noun
denying
x/x
Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
device
x/
Noun
diff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
ding
/
Noun, Verb
dirtiest
/xx
Adjective
disrespectful
xx/x
Adjective
dissipated
/xxx
Adjective
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
does
/
Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
drill
/
Noun, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
during
/x
Noun
earliest
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
eighth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
either
/x
Adverb
eldest
/x
Adjective, Noun
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
elephant
/xx
Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
enamel
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
entity
/xx
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
equipment
x/x
Noun
errand
/x
Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
estimated
/xxx
Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
every
/xx
Noun
everybody
/xxx
Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
except
x/
Verb
excluded
x/x
Verb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
fanny
/x
Name
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feast
/
Noun, Verb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feedstocks
/x
Noun
few
/
Noun
fifth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
first base
//
Phrase, Noun
first off
//
Phrase, Adverb
firstborn
//
Noun, Adjective
firstly
/x
Adverb
fist
/
Noun, Verb
fittest
/x
Adjective
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
fluke
/
Noun, Verb
footsteps
/x
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freshman
/x
Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gadget
/x
Noun
gag
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
gig
/
Noun, Verb
gimmick
/x
Noun, Verb
gizmo
/x
Noun
glimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
gonna
/x
Verb
goody
/x
Name, Adjective
governing
/xx
Adjective
grade
/
Noun, Verb
grant
/
Noun, Verb
greatest
/x
Verb
group
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
hated
/x
Adjective
hateful
/x
Adjective
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
heck
/
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
highest
/x
Adjective
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
honored
/x
Adjective
honoured
/x
Adjective
horror
/x
Noun
horsey
/x
Noun, Adjective
hour
/x
Noun
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
huh
/
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
if
/
Noun
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
important
x/x
Adjective
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
inaugural
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
inception
x/x
Noun
incident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
incidentally
xx/xx
Adverb
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
information
xx/x
Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
initiatory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
ink
/
Noun, Verb
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
into
x/
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
invention
x/x
Noun
involving
x/x
Verb
ire
/
Noun, Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
it
/
Noun, Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
itself
x/
jasper
/x
Name, Verb
job
/
Noun, Verb
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
just about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kicker
/x
Noun
kickoff
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
knack
/
Noun, Verb
knowing
/x
Adjective, Noun
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
largest
/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
learn
/
Verb, Noun
least
/
Adverb, Noun
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
lizard
/x
Noun
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
longer
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
love
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
low gear
//
Phrase, Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
machine
x/
Noun, Verb
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mainly
/x
Adverb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
maternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
merely
/x
Adverb
message
/x
Noun, Verb
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mistake
x/
Noun, Verb
moment
/x
Noun
monster
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
more or less
///
Phrase, Adverb
morning
/x
Noun
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
mouths
/
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
must
/
Verb, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
name
/
Noun, Verb
namely
/x
Adverb
napoleon
x/xx
Name
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neither
/x
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
nigh
/
Adverb, Adjective, 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
notion
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
number one
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
observation
xx/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offset
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
oldest
/x
Noun
ole
/
Adjective, Name
omitted
x/x
Verb
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
onset
/x
Noun, Verb
onto
/x
Adjective
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
opposed
x/
Adjective
opposite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
option
/x
Noun, Verb
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
or so
//
Phrase, Adverb
ordinal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
organism
/xxx
Noun
original
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
originally
x/xxx
Adverb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outcome
/x
Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overarching
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
overriding
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
paces
/x
Noun
par
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
para
/x
Noun, Adjective
paragraph
/xx
Noun, Verb
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pas
/
Noun
passion
/x
Noun, Verb
pathology
x/xx
Noun
penchant
/x
Noun
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
person
/x
Noun, Verb
pertaining
x/x
Noun
perversion
x/x
Noun
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pill
/
Noun, Verb
pioneer
xx/
Noun, Verb
pitched
/
Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
pour
/
Verb, Noun
powell
/x
Name
practically
/xx
Adverb
precedence
/xx
Noun
preceding
x/x
Adjective
preliminary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
premier
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
premiere
x/
Noun, Verb
premium
/xx
Noun, Adjective
première
/x
Noun, Verb
prerequisite
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prim
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
prima
/x
Adjective
primarily
x/xx
Adverb
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prime
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
primer
/x
Noun, Adjective
primo
/x
Noun, Adjective
primus
/x
Noun
prince
/
Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
priority
x/xx
Noun
probably
/xx
Adverb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
prototypical
xx/xx
Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
pup
/
Noun, Verb
purple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
quaint
/
Adjective, Noun
queer
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quickly
/x
Adverb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
racket
/x
Noun, Verb
rarely
/x
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
raw
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
related
x/x
Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
relatively
/xxx
Adverb
relevant
/xx
Adjective
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rio
/x
Name
roe
/
Noun
roughly
/x
Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ruse
/
Noun, Verb
sacrament
/xx
Noun, Verb
sacrilege
/xx
Noun
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarcely
/x
Adverb
scene
/
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
security blanket
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
sedate
x/
Adjective, Verb
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
selection
x/x
Noun
selfish
/x
Adjective
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
seoul
/
Name
seventeenth
/x/
Adjective, Noun
seventh
/x
Adjective, Name
share
/
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortly
/x
Adverb
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sights
/
Noun
sign
/
Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
sixteenth
x/
Adjective, Noun
sixth
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
some
/
Adverb
someone
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sophomore
/x
Noun, Adjective
sort
/
Noun, Verb
south
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
southern
/x
Adjective, Name
speak
/
Verb, Noun
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stack
/
Noun, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
starting point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
story
/x
Noun, Verb
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
stunt
/
Noun, Verb
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
sucker
/x
Noun, Verb
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sur
/
Verb
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb
tale
/
Noun, Verb
talisman
/xx
Noun, Verb
taoiseach
/x/
Name
task
/
Noun, Verb
tau
/
Noun
tenth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
terminus a quo
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
testament
/xx
Noun, Verb
than
/
Adverb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
theirs
/
Adjective
there
/
Adverb, Noun
therefore
/x
Adverb
things
/
Noun
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
this
/
Adverb, Noun
though
/
Adverb
thought
/
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
tiling
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
too
/
Adverb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
topmost
xx
Adjective
totally
/xx
Adverb
toward
x/
Adjective, Noun
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
twentieth
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ufo
xx/
Name
ugliest
/xx
Adjective
unable
x/x
Adjective, Verb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undergraduate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
unintended
xx/x
Adjective
unkind
x/
Adjective
unmodified
x/xx
Adjective
unpaid
x/
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective, Noun
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
variation
xx/x
Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
via
/x
Noun
virtually
/xxx
Adverb
vogue
/
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wali
/x
Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weep
/
Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
whatnot
/x
Noun
which
/
Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
win
/
Verb, Noun
without
x/
Adverb
word
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb