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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| reconsider | xx/x | Verb | 
| extinction | x/x | Noun | 
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| unpersuasive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| pessimist | /xx | Noun | 
| think twice | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| perishes | /xx | Noun | 
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun | 
| think about | /xx | Phrase, Verb | 
| extermination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unachievable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| irreparably | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| never mind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| despairing | x/x | Noun | 
| unforgivable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unenforceable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| uselessness | /xx | Noun | 
| irretrievable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unutterable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| reconsideration | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb | 
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective | 
| irreversible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| thoughts | / | Noun | 
| new thought | // | Name, Name | 
| negatively | /xxx | Adverb | 
| uninhabitable | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| lose heart | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| unattainable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun | 
| throw away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| terminally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| unintelligent | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective | 
| discontinuance | xx/xx | Noun | 
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective | 
| disagree with | xx/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| prohibited | x/xx | Verb | 
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| meaninglessness | /xxx | Noun | 
| unsustainable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| infeasible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| forbidden | /xx | Verb | 
| invalidation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| unpardonable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun | 
| nonexistence | xx/x | Noun | 
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| absorbed | x/ | Adjective | 
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| amoral | x/x | Adjective | 
| anarchic | x/x | Adjective | 
| annuities | x/xx | Noun | 
| anticipated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| appeared | x/ | Verb | 
| associational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| assumed | x/ | Adjective | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| austere | x/ | Adjective | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| belief | x/ | Noun | 
| believe | x/ | Verb | 
| bought | / | Noun | 
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| brain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brainstorming | /xx | Noun | 
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| burn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| buy it | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| buy the farm | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| called | / | Adjective | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| cease | / | Verb, Noun | 
| centred | /x | Adjective | 
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| choke | / | Verb, Noun | 
| church | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clue | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coherent | x/x | Adjective | 
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| compass | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| conceived | x/ | Verb | 
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| conception | x/x | Noun | 
| confess | x/ | Verb | 
| conquer | /x | Verb | 
| conscience | /x | Noun | 
| consider | x/x | Verb | 
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| construction | x/x | Noun | 
| contemplated | /xxx | Verb | 
| conundrum | x/x | Noun | 
| convinced | x/ | Adjective | 
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| credo | /x | Noun | 
| croak | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cru | / | Noun | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decent | /x | Adjective | 
| decided | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| decompose | xx/ | Verb | 
| deemed | / | Adjective | 
| deliberation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| designed | x/ | Adjective | 
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| destroy | x/ | Verb | 
| deteriorate | x/xxx | Verb | 
| devised | x/ | Verb | 
| did | / | Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| disappear | xx/ | Verb | 
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| discussion | x/x | Noun | 
| disintegrate | x/xx | Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| distracting | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| dogma | /x | Noun | 
| dogmatics | x/x | Noun | 
| doth | / | Verb, Noun | 
| drama | /x | Noun | 
| dream | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| drown | / | Verb, Noun | 
| elitist | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| enlightenment | x/xx | Noun | 
| enterprise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| envisaged | x/x | Adjective | 
| estimated | /xxx | Verb | 
| exist | x/ | Verb | 
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expected | x/x | Adjective | 
| expire | x/ | Verb | 
| explanation | xx/x | Noun | 
| expressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| externalized | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| eyes | / | Adjective | 
| fade | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| feared | / | Adjective | 
| felt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| figment | /x | Noun | 
| figured | /x | Adjective | 
| find | / | Verb, Noun | 
| finish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| free association | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| generality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| generalization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| groundwork | /x | Noun | 
| guess | / | Verb, Noun | 
| had | / | Verb | 
| heard | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| hoped | / | Verb | 
| idea | x/x | Noun | 
| ideal | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| idealization | x/xx/x | Noun | 
| ideation | xx/x | Noun | 
| ideational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| ideology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| image | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| imagined | x/x | Adjective | 
| impression | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| inspiration | xx/x | Noun | 
| insular | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intended | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| intent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| invention | x/x | Noun | 
| jacksonian | x/xx | Name, Adjective | 
| judged | / | Verb | 
| judgement | /x | Noun | 
| judgment | /x | Noun | 
| keynote | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| kick the bucket | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| knew | / | Verb | 
| leave | / | Verb, Noun | 
| liked | / | Adjective | 
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| looked | / | Adjective | 
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| marx | / | Name | 
| meant | / | Verb | 
| mentality | x/xx | Noun | 
| mentation | x/x | Noun | 
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mind | / | Noun, Verb | 
| mindset | /x | Noun | 
| misconception | xx/x | Noun | 
| motif | x/ | Noun | 
| mysticism | /xxx | Noun | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| notion | /x | Noun | 
| observation | xx/x | Noun | 
| occurred | x/ | Verb | 
| opined | x/ | Verb | 
| opinion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| orientated | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| partake | x/ | Verb | 
| pass away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| pegged | / | Adjective | 
| pension | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| perceived | x/ | Adjective | 
| persuasion | x/x | Noun | 
