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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| perilous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| salubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| multifarious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| enviable | /xxx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| straits | / | Noun |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| straitened | /x | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| meagre | /x | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| marvellous | /xx | Adjective |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| multitudinous | /x/xx | Adjective |
| stupendous | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| idyllic | x/x | Adjective |
| splendid | /x | Adjective |
| vital | /x | Adjective |
| propitious | x/x | Adjective |
| selfsame | // | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| favourable | xxx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| vagaries | /xx | Noun |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsiderable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| enfeebled | x/x | Adjective |
| cheerless | /x | Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prodigious | x/x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| feared | / | Verb |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| adventurous | x/xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| guarded | /x | Verb |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| concerning | x/x | Verb |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| leery | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| narrow | /x | Adjective |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| vigilant | /xx | Adjective |
| treasonous | /xx | Adjective |
| plight | / | Noun |
| finances | x/x | Noun |
| state | / | Noun |
| condition | x/x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| times | / | Noun |
| position | x/x | Noun |
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun |
| shape | / | Noun |
| auspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| chancy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| ent | / | Noun, Verb |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| happier | /xx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| worse | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
