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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| decisive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| imperative | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| bossy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| commanding | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| magisterial | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dominating | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| reproachful | x/x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| curt | / | Noun |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| invariable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| clamorous | /xx | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| stern | / | Noun |
| terse | / | Noun |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| retaliatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| defiance | x/x | Noun |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| importunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| admonishment | x/xx | Noun |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| protestation | xx/x | Noun |
| shrill | / | Adjective |
| intimation | xx/x | Noun |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rebuff | x/ | Noun |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| contradistinction | /xx/x | Noun |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| deference | /xx | Noun |
| ceremonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Noun |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| forcible | /xx | Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| exigent | /xx | Adjective |
| customary | /xxx | Adjective |
| preemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| mutinous | /xx | Adjective |
| defiant | x/x | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| entreaty | x/x | Noun |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| interrogatory | xx/xxx | Noun |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| plea | / | Noun |
| remonstrance | x/x | Noun |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| reassertion | xx/x | Noun |
| countenance | /xx | Noun |
| grudging | /x | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| unqualified | x/xx | Adjective |
| incontestable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| outright | // | Adjective |
| mandamus | x/x | Noun |
| summons | /x | Noun |
| writ | / | Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| knock | / | Noun |
| kindly | /x | Adverb |
| norm | / | Noun |
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| clang | / | Noun |
| ultimatum | xx/x | Noun |
| telegram | /xx | Noun |
| rap | / | Noun |
| orders | /x | Noun |
| strikes | / | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| boastful | /x | Adjective |
| categorical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| conclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| definitive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| forced | / | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| ironclad | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prevailing | x/x | Adjective |
| sweeping | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| vital | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
