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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| apparent | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| imitative | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| seeming | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| counterfeit | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| purported | x/x | Adjective |
| ostensibly | x/xx | Adverb |
| putative | /xx | Adjective |
| primary | /xx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| vaunted | /x | Adjective |
| legitimate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unwitting | x/x | Adjective |
| avowed | x/ | Adjective |
| eventual | x/xx | Adjective |
| unquestionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| main | / | Adjective |
| rightful | /x | Adjective |
| ulterior | x/xx | Noun |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective |
| titular | /xx | Adjective |
| actual | /xx | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| unstated | x/x | Adjective |
| erstwhile | /x | Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| inexplicable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| presumed | x/ | Adjective |
| indisputable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| indubitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| presumptive | x/x | Adjective |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| intrinsic | x/x | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| indispensability | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| newfound | // | Noun |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| alleged | x/ | Adjective |
| notable | /xx | Adjective |
| motive | /x | Noun |
| disinterest | x/xx | Noun |
| authorial | x/xx | Adjective |
| invariable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| conspicuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| outsized | /x | Adjective |
| sole | / | Noun |
| undoubted | x/x | Adjective |
| unsuitability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| insistence | x/x | Noun |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| predominant | x/xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| professed | x/ | Verb |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective |
| unabashed | xx/ | Adjective |
| customary | /xxx | Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| unassailable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nonexistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| incontrovertible | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| nominal | /xx | Adjective |
| stylistic | x/x | Adjective |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| latter | /x | Noun |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| undisguised | xx/ | Adjective |
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| undisputed | xx/x | Adjective |
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| admirable | /xxx | Adjective |
| incontestable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unalloyed | x/x | Adjective |
| demonstrable | /xxx | Adjective |
| plausible | /xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| unmitigated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| manifest | /xx | Adjective |
| plain | / | Noun |
| transparent | x/x | Adjective |
| public | /x | Noun |
| visible | /xx | Adjective |
| viewable | /xx | Adjective |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| outward | /x | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| evident | /xx | Adjective |
| palpable | /xx | Adjective |
| noticeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| commonsensical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| observable | x/xx | Adjective |
| writ large | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| perceivable | x/xx | Adjective |
| seemly | /x | Adjective |
| gross | / | Name |
| exoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| discernible | x/xx | Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective |
| perceptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| sensible | /xx | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective |
| tangible | /xx | Adjective |
| discoverable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| luminous | /xx | Adjective |
| prominent | /xx | Adjective |
| frank | / | Name |
| appreciable | x/xx | Adjective |
| prima facie | /x/x | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| tactile | /x | Noun |
| presentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| patent | /x | Noun |
| detectable | x/xx | Adjective |
| expressible | x/xx | Adjective |
| famous | /x | Adjective |
| acquittal | x/x | Noun |
| communicator | x/xxx | Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| purpose | /x | Noun |
| errand | /x | Noun |
| aim | / | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun |
| neutrality | x/xx | Noun |
| beneficiaries | xx/xxx | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| eve | / | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| object | /x | Noun |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| referent | /xx | Noun |
| objectivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| justifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| goal | / | Noun |
| heroine | /xx | Noun |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun |
| owner | /x | Noun |
| allies | /x | Noun |
| assignable | x/xx | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| changing | /x | Noun |
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| controlling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cooperative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| declared | x/ | Adjective |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| detachments | x/x | Noun |
| discrete | x/ | Adjective |
| encouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| episcopal | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| governing | /xx | Verb |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| liberal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| misbehaviour | xx/x | Noun |
| mischief | /x | Noun, Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| overt | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| paramount | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prognostic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| weightier | /xx | Adjective |
| worthier | /xx | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
