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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| pale | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| overshadow | /x/x | Verb | 
| dwarf | / | Noun | 
| small | / | Adjective | 
| stain | / | Noun | 
| diminish | x/x | Verb | 
| put to shame | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| shade | / | Noun | 
| slight | / | Adjective | 
| cut down to size | //// | Phrase, Verb | 
| belittle | x/x | Verb | 
| vanish | /x | Verb | 
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| vanish into thin air | /xx/// | Phrase | 
| pall | / | Noun | 
| fade away | /xx | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| underestimate | /x/xx | Verb | 
| faint | / | Adjective | 
| trifle | /x | Noun | 
| minimize | /xx | Verb | 
| undertone | /xx | Noun | 
| peter out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| play down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| downplay | /x | Verb | 
| dominate | /xx | Verb | 
| overpower | xx/x | Verb | 
| peter | /x | Name | 
| put in the shade | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| extinguish | x/x | Verb | 
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| bury | /x | Noun | 
| humiliate | x/xx | Verb | 
| slip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| eclipse | x/ | Noun | 
| fall off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| flatten | /x | Verb | 
| weaken | /x | Verb | 
| disappear | xx/ | Verb | 
| blow over | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| efface | x/ | Verb | 
| look down on | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| lessen | /x | Verb | 
| relegate | /xx | Verb | 
| downsize | /x | Verb | 
| demean | x/ | Verb | 
| dull | / | Adjective | 
| pauper | /x | Noun | 
| nought | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| thin | / | Adjective | 
| bring down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| stare | / | Noun | 
| understate | /xx | Verb | 
| languish | /x | Verb | 
| take away from | /x// | Phrase, Verb | 
| melt into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| wash over | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| blend in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| underweight | /xx | Noun | 
| lower | /x | Adjective | 
| wane | / | Noun | 
| shadow | /x | Noun | 
| blemish | /x | Noun | 
| condescend | xx/ | Verb | 
| poof | / | Noun | 
| perish | /x | Verb | 
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb | 
| lose sight of | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| obfuscate | /xx | Verb | 
| lighten | /x | Verb | 
| humble | /x | Adjective | 
| gloss over | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| outstrip | x/ | Verb | 
| dwindle | /x | Verb | 
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb | 
| shrink | / | Verb | 
| obscure | x/ | Adjective | 
| stink | / | Noun | 
| lose out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| puff up | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| wimp | / | Noun | 
| loom | / | Noun | 
| poor | / | Adjective | 
| resemble | x/x | Verb | 
| astonish | x/x | Verb | 
| fade | / | Noun | 
| blur | / | Noun | 
| blow away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| scant | / | Adjective | 
| meagre | /x | Adjective | 
| taper off | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get lost | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| shave | / | Verb | 
| decrease | x/ | Noun | 
| sallow | /x | Adjective | 
| compare | x/ | Verb | 
| blow out of proportion | ///x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| afflict | x/ | Verb | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| abroad | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| access | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| against | x/ | Adverb | 
| ahead | x/ | Adverb | 
| air | / | Noun, Verb | 
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| among | x/ | |
| appears | x/ | Adverb | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| ashen | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| ashy | /x | Adjective | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| audited | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Name | 
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| backup | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bal | / | Name | 
| bali | /x | Name | 
| ballet | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| barrenness | /xx | Noun | 
| became | x/ | Verb | 
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| blade | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blah | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| blanch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bluish | /x | Adjective | 
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| brownish | /x | Adjective | 
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cause | / | Noun, Verb | 
| circa | /x | Noun | 
| click | / | Verb, Noun | 
| coherent | x/x | Adjective | 
| cohesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| colorless | /xx | Adjective | 
| colour | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| concerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| confident | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| consolidated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| coppery | /xx | Adjective | 
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| counter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| crisp | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| dans | / | Verb | 
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| declaratory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| depravity | x/xx | Noun | 
| depriving | x/x | Verb | 
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| destination | xx/x | Noun | 
| destitution | /xxx | Noun | 
| devoid | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| dusky | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| eat | / | Verb, Noun | 
| enclosure | x/x | Noun | 
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| entrance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| entry | /x | Noun | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| face | / | Noun, Verb | 
| feather | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| flame | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| form | / | Noun, Verb | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| full | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| ghastly | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| ghost | / | Noun, Verb | 
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| grayish | /x | Adjective | 
| greenish | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| helplessness | /xx | Noun | 
| imbecility | /x/xx | Noun | 
| impeller | x/x | Noun | 
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| impotence | /xx | Noun | 
| incapacity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| incorporate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| integrate | /xx | Verb | 
| investigate | x/xx | Verb | 
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun | 
| join | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| livid | /x | Adjective | 
| lose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| magisterial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| make | / | Verb, Noun | 
| mealy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| meaninglessness | /xxx | Noun | 
| meanness | /x | Noun | 
| minimal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| nova | /x | Noun | 
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| onto | /x | Adjective | 
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| pal | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pallid | /x | Adjective | 
| pariah | x/x | Noun | 
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| partaking | x/x | Noun | 
| participating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| penury | /xx | Noun | 
| per | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| persists | x/ | Verb | 
| picket | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| pinkish | /x | Adjective | 
| place | / | Noun, Verb | 
| predominate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| preposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| purplish | /x | Adjective | 
| rapt | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| reddish | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| regarding | x/x | Noun | 
| ruddy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| serving | /x | Noun | 
| shall | / | Verb | 
| shine | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| significance | x/xx | Noun | 
| skin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| south | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| space | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sur | / | Verb | 
| tan | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| throughout | x/ | Adverb | 
| till | / | Noun, Verb | 
| to | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| together | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| toward | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| unfitness | x/x | Noun | 
| unworthiness | x/xx | Noun | 
| uselessness | /xx | Noun | 
| venter | /x | Noun | 
| vers | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| wan | / | Name, Adjective | 
| weak | / | Adjective | 
