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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| required | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| necessary | /xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| indispensable | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| imposed | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| incumbent on | x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| optional | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| requisite | /xx | Adjective |
| customary | /xxx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| gratuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| concomitant | x/xx | Noun |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| mandated | /xx | Verb |
| invariable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective |
| periodic | xx/x | Adjective |
| supplementary | xx/xx | Noun |
| forgo | x/ | Verb |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| partial | /x | Adjective |
| impromptu | x/x | Noun |
| usual | /xx | Adjective |
| forego | x/ | Verb |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| standard | /x | Noun |
| precede | x/ | Verb |
| quasi | /x | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| complete | x/ | Adjective |
| sans | / | Noun |
| copious | /xx | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| voluntary | /xxx | Adjective |
| mention | /x | Noun |
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| prefatory | /xxx | Noun |
| exception | x/x | Noun |
| necessitate | x/xx | Verb |
| obliged | x/ | Verb |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| pseudo | /x | Noun |
| belated | x/x | Adjective |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| obligate | /xx | Noun |
| dutiful | /xx | Adjective |
| regular | /xx | Adjective |
| prelude | /x | Noun |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| honorary | /xxx | Name |
| implicit | x/x | Adjective |
| accompanying | x/xxx | Verb |
| excepting | x/x | Verb |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| presumptive | x/x | Adjective |
| ubiquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| barring | /x | Verb |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| celebratory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| excluding | x/x | Verb |
| hefty | /x | Adjective |
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective |
| unofficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| statutory | /xxx | Adjective |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| quintessential | xx/x | Adjective |
| addendum | x/x | Noun |
| needful | /x | Adjective |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| needed | /x | Verb |
| constrained | x/ | Adjective |
| liable | /xx | Adjective |
| supposed | x/ | Verb |
| committed | x/x | Verb |
| exigent | /xx | Adjective |
| essential | x/x | Adjective |
| answerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| compulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| automatic | xx/x | Noun |
| stipulated | /xxx | Adjective |
| promised | /x | Verb |
| forcible | /xx | Adjective |
| accountable | x/xx | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| sufficient | x/x | Adjective |
| legitimate | x/xx | Adjective |
| moral | /x | Adjective |
| of the essence | /x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| substantial | x/x | Adjective |
| responsible | x/xx | Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective |
| vowed | / | Verb |
| enforceable | x/xx | Adjective |
| certain | /x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| rightful | /x | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| lawful | /x | Adjective |
| operative | /xxx | Adjective |
| vital | /x | Adjective |
| telling | /x | Verb |
| obedient | x/xx | Adjective |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective |
| determinative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| relevant | /xx | Adjective |
| destined | /x | Verb |
| just | / | Adverb |
| zakat | xx | Noun |
| diapause | x// | Noun |
| thermogenesis | /x/xx | Noun |
| alms | / | Noun |
| celibacy | /xxx | Noun |
| cofactor | //x | Noun |
| adverbials | x/xx | Noun |
| deliveries | x/xx | Noun |
| anaerobes | /xx | Noun |
| arbitration | xx/x | Noun |
| heterosexuality | xxxxx/xx | Noun |
| fasting | /x | Noun |
| prayers | / | Noun |
| parasitism | xx/xx | Noun |
| parasite | /xx | Noun |
| complements | /xx | Noun |
| referendum | xx/x | Noun |
| deletion | x/x | Noun |
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun |
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| authors | /x | Noun |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bibles | /x | Noun |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| catechism | /xxx | Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| commander | x/x | Noun |
| compensatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| constituting | /xxx | Verb |
| constitutive | /xxx | Adjective |
| contractual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cultic | /x | Adjective |
| defining | x/x | Adjective |
| dictionaries | /xxx | Noun |
| differs | /x | Verb |
| distinguishes | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| forced | / | Adjective |
| glossary | /xx | Noun |
| grammar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grammarians | /x/x | Noun |
| initiatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| motto | /x | Noun, Verb |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| preparatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reasonable | /xxx | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sacramental | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| translation | x/x | Noun |
| translators | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
