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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| dim | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dense | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| slow | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| stupid | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dull | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| simple | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| clueless | /x | Noun |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| oblique | x/ | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| inept | x/ | Adjective |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective |
| frustratingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| blinkered | /x | Adjective |
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective |
| uninformed | xx/ | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| hyperbolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| misinformed | xx/ | Verb |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| incomprehensible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| dopey | /x | Name |
| involute | xxx | Noun |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| shortsighted | //x | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| daft | / | Noun |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| naive | x/ | Adjective |
| solipsistic | x/xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| inarticulate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| incompetent | x/xx | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| unintelligent | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unhinged | x/ | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| truncate | /x | Noun |
| rounded | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| obovate | /xx | Adjective |
| acuminate | x/xx | Noun |
| ovate | /x | Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| elliptic | x/x | Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| subacute | /x/ | Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| botanic | x/x | Name |
| deflected | x/x | Verb |
| entire | x/x | Adjective |
| geniculate | x/xx | Noun |
| apices | xxx | Verb, Noun |
| extremities | x/xx | Verb |
| angle | /x | Noun |
| splashed | / | Verb |
| triangle | /xx | Noun |
| angulation | /x/x | Noun |
| snout | / | Noun |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| cone | / | Noun |
| lobe | / | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun |
| corners | /x | Noun |
| tooth | / | Noun |
| tip | / | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| apical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| concave | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| convex | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| crass | / | Adjective |
| fusiform | /xx | Adjective |
| lanceolate | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| lateral | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| leaflets | /x | Noun |
| pointed | /x | Adjective |
| recurved | x/ | Adjective |
| rhombus | /x | Noun |
| serrate | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| sessile | /x | Adjective |
| spinous | /x | Adjective |
| stout | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| transverse | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| triangular | x/xx | Adjective |
| witted | /x | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
