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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| accrediting | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| advisory | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| alighting | x/x | Noun |
| antipoverty | xx/xx | Adjective |
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appointed | x/x | Adjective |
| asbestos | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| backgammon | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| baffle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| baize | / | Noun, Verb |
| balsa | /x | Noun |
| bankruptcy | /xx | Noun |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| batter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beaten | /x | Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| berm | / | Noun, Verb |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| brim | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brink | / | Noun |
| cane | / | Noun, Verb |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| cliff | / | Noun |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crater | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cusp | / | Noun, Verb |
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb |
| door | / | Noun, Verb |
| doorstep | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| embankment | x/x | Noun |
| escapement | x/x | Noun |
| eve | / | Noun |
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fringe | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gully | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headland | /x | Noun |
| hillside | /x | Noun |
| imminence | /xx | Noun |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lip | / | Noun, Verb |
| margin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| marginalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| onboard | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| outskirts | /x | Noun |
| pallet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| paragraph | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| path | / | Noun, Verb |
| periphery | x/xx | Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| punto | /x | Noun |
| rand | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| reaches | /x | Noun |
| rim | / | Noun, Verb |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| roadside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rod | / | Noun, Verb |
| scepter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sceptre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| scoreboard | /x | Noun |
| ship | / | Noun, Verb |
| shipboard | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| shore | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| shoulder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| slopes | / | Adverb |
| threatened | /x | Adjective |
| threshold | /x | Noun |
| trench | / | Noun, Verb |
| vigil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wand | / | Noun, Verb |
| watch | / | Verb, Noun |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| yard | / | Noun, Verb |
