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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dictum | /x | Noun, Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb |
| redundancy | x/xx | Noun |
| caveat | /xx | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| imputation | xx/x | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| trivia | /xx | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| nothing | /x | Noun |
| hearsay | /x | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| exception | x/x | Noun |
| benefit of the doubt | /xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| omitting | x/x | Verb |
| innuendo | xx/x | Noun |
| vacuity | x/xx | Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| default | x/ | Noun |
| assertion | x/x | Noun |
| all one | // | Phrase, Noun |
| snark | / | Noun |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun |
| trifle | /x | Noun |
| contempt | x/ | Noun |
| detriment | /xx | Noun |
| honorable mention | /xxx/x | Name, Name |
| special pleading | /x/x | Name, Name |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| damnum absque injuria | /xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| digression | x/x | Noun |
| petulance | /xx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| anecdotal evidence | xx/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| hypo | /x | Noun |
| random | /x | Noun |
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun |
| oversight | /xx | Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective |
| admonition | xx/x | Noun |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| prejudice | /xx | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun |
| short shrift | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dictation | x/x | Noun |
| accident of birth | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun |
| trash | / | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| non sequitur | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hedge | / | Noun |
| foregone conclusion | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| blank | / | Noun |
| protestation | xx/x | Noun |
| joker | /x | Noun |
| censure | /x | Noun |
| insult | x/ | Noun |
| weird | / | Adjective |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| advisory | x/xx | Name |
| snub | / | Noun |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| junk | / | Noun |
| intestate | x/x | Noun |
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| guesswork | /x | Noun |
| ulterior motive | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| picayune | xx/ | Name |
| leftover | /xx | Adjective |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| blasphemous | /xx | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| credo | /x | Noun |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cuff | / | Noun, Verb |
| declaration | xx/x | Noun |
| defamatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| defeatist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| disparaging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| dogma | /x | Noun |
| injunction | x/x | Noun |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| max | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| maximum | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| ordinance | /xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| postulate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prefatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| rendering | /xx | Noun |
| ruling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| topos | /x | Noun |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| verdict | /x | Noun |
