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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| paradoxes | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| dichotomy | x/xx | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| duality | x/xx | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| quandary | /xx | Noun |
| absurdity | x/xx | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| fallacy | /xx | Noun |
| riddle | /x | Noun |
| disjuncture | x/x | Noun |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| antinomy | x/xx | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| indeterminacy | xx/xxx | Noun |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| phenomenon | x/xx | Noun |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun |
| singularity | /x/xx | Noun |
| dissonance | /xx | Noun |
| disjunction | x/x | Noun |
| oddity | /xx | Noun |
| incongruence | x/xx | Noun |
| unsolvable | x/xx | Adjective |
| incommensurability | xx/xx/xx | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| strangeness | /x | Noun |
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| circularity | /x/xx | Noun |
| incoherence | xx/x | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dualism | /xxx | Noun |
| discontinuity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| aporia | x/xx | Noun |
| hypocrisy | x/xx | Noun |
| counterexample | /xx/x | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| peculiarity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| anachronism | x/xxx | Noun |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| irrationality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| solipsism | x/xx | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| sophistry | x/x | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| delusion | x/x | Noun |
| mirage | x/ | Noun |
| sophistication | xxx/x | Noun |
| optical illusion | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| liar | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| seeming | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| bork | / | Name |
| archimedes | xx/x | Name |
| chafe | / | Noun |
| thrift | / | Noun |
| epigram | /xx | Noun |
| imperfective | x/xx | Adjective |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| hedonism | /xxx | Noun |
| ravens | /x | Noun |
| hepburn | /x | Name |
| plankton | /x | Noun |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective |
| veridical | xxxx | Adjective |
| socratic | x/x | Adjective |
| achilles | x/x | Name |
| resolves | x/ | Verb |
| voting | /x | Noun |
| semantical | x/xx | Adjective |
| tortoise | /x | Noun |
| glaring | /x | Adjective |
| cretan | /x | Adjective |
| curious | /xx | Adjective |
| acting | /x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| sceptical | /xx | Adjective |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| commonality | xx/xx | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crux | / | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| syndrome | /x | Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
