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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| indulgent | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| lax | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| authoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| permissible | x/xx | Adjective |
| tolerant | /xx | Adjective |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| uninhibited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| licentious | x/x | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective |
| unreflective | xx/x | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| unfettered | x/x | Adjective |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| restricted | x/x | Adjective |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| facilitative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective |
| unconstrained | xx/ | Adjective |
| unrestricted | xx/x | Adjective |
| legalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective |
| liberal | /xx | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| supportive | x/x | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| expansive | x/x | Adjective |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unregulated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| irresponsible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective |
| protective | x/x | Adjective |
| lawless | /x | Noun |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| generous | /xx | Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| flexible | /xx | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| discretionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| neglectful | x/x | Adjective |
| overprotective | xxx/x | Adjective |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| enforced | x/ | Verb |
| libertine | /xx | Noun |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| prudish | /x | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| unwise | x/ | Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| sane | / | Noun |
| permitting | x/x | Verb |
| gracious | /x | Adjective |
| presumptively | x/xx | Adverb |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| allowable | x/xx | Adjective |
| puritanical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| pliable | /xx | Adjective |
| free | / | Adjective |
| forgiving | x/x | Noun |
| yielding | /x | Verb |
| facultative | /xxx | Adjective |
| giving | /x | Verb |
| accommodative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| predisposed | xx/ | Verb |
| propitious | x/x | Adjective |
| supple | /x | Adjective |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| allowed | x/ | Verb |
| toward | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| safe | / | Adjective |
| consenting | x/x | Verb |
| favourable | xxx | Adjective |
| tolerated | /xxx | Verb |
| inclined | x/ | Adjective |
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective |
| given to | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| pliant | /x | Adjective |
| innocent | /xx | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| disposed | x/ | Verb |
| tolerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| merciful | /xx | Noun |
| prone | / | Adjective |
| kind | / | Noun |
| minded | /x | Adjective |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective |
| solute | xx | Noun |
| friendly | /x | Adjective |
| capable | /xx | Adjective |
| impressionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| relative | /xx | Adjective |
| compromising | /xxx | Verb |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective |
| trustful | /x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| joinder | /x | Noun |
| hypercapnia | xx/xx | Noun |
| counterclaims | /xx | Noun |
| licensure | /xx | Noun |
| indemnification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| parenting | /xx | Noun |
| cornucopia | xx/xx | Noun |
| potentate | /xx | Noun |
| matrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| rearing | /x | Noun, Verb |
| microenvironment | xxxxxx | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| zoning | /x | Noun |
| upbringing | /xx | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| technics | /x | Noun |
| accepting | x/x | Verb |
| legislation | xx/x | Noun |
| ruling | /x | Noun |
| occupancy | /xxx | Noun |
| consensus | x/x | Noun |
| statute | /x | Noun |
| adjunct | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| ancillary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| declaratory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Noun |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| elective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enabling | x/xx | Noun |
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| optional | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| preventative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| preventive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| regulative | /xxx | Adjective |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| voluntary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
