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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| tempestuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| unwise | x/ | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| grueling | /xx | Adjective |
| hellish | /x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| momentous | x/x | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| imprudent | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| dizzying | /xx | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| thrilling | /x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| wondrous | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fantastical | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| unimaginable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| adventurous | x/xx | Adjective |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| feared | / | Verb |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| lurid | /x | Adjective |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| knotted | /x | Verb |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| tightrope | /x | Noun |
| journeys | /x | Noun |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| shoals | / | Noun |
| voyages | /xx | Noun |
| descents | x/ | Noun |
| brink | / | Noun |
| adventures | x/x | Noun |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| undertaking | /xxx | Noun |
| errand | /x | Noun |
| seas | / | Noun |
| wilds | / | Noun |
| trek | / | Noun |
| strait | / | Noun |
| quests | / | Noun |
| perch | / | Noun |
| statecraft | /x | Noun |
| rapids | /x | Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| escapes | x/ | Noun |
| conjuncture | x/x | Noun |
| wanderings | /xx | Noun |
| climb | / | Noun |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| chancy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chargeable | /xx | Adjective |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| daring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatiguing | x/x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| footing | /x | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| partake | x/ | Verb |
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| racking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| read | / | Verb, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| wracking | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
