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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| lowly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| small | / | Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| inferior | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| niggling | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| little | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| trivial | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| narrow | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fiddling | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| junior | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| lower | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| secondary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| subaltern | /xx | Noun, Noun, Adjective |
| picayune | xx/ | Adjective, Name, Adjective |
| trifling | /x | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| selfish | /x | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| petulant | /xx | Adjective |
| venal | /x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| egotistical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| squabbles | /x | Noun |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| boorish | /x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| triviality | xx/xx | Noun |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| parochial | x/xx | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| heartless | /x | Adjective |
| menial | /xx | Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| greedy | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective |
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| puny | /x | Adjective |
| uncouth | // | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| partisan | /xx | Noun |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| unbecoming | xx/x | Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| whiny | /x | Adjective |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| snobbish | /x | Adjective |
| bloodthirsty | /xx | Adjective |
| cowardly | /xx | Adjective |
| quarrels | /x | Noun |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| petite | x/ | Name |
| petit | /x | Noun |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| paltry | /x | Adjective |
| simple | /x | Adjective |
| light | / | Noun |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| inconsiderable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| negligible | /xxx | Adjective |
| mean | / | Noun |
| nowhere | /x | Adverb |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| peddling | /xx | Noun |
| valueless | /xx | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| worthless | /x | Adjective |
| shallow | /x | Adjective |
| immaterial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective |
| inconsiderate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| less than | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| cavalier | xx/ | Noun |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| diminished | x/x | Adjective |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| hollow | /x | Noun |
| thievery | /xx | Noun |
| thieving | /x | Noun |
| pilfering | /xx | Noun |
| larceny | /xx | Noun |
| stealing | /x | Verb |
| bourgeois | x/ | Noun |
| thefts | / | Noun |
| jealousies | /xx | Noun |
| annoyances | x/xx | Noun |
| hooliganism | /xxxx | Noun |
| tyrannies | /xx | Noun |
| bourgeoisie | xx/ | Noun |
| tyrants | /x | Noun |
| abyssinian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| betty | /x | Name, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crappy | /x | Adjective |
| crummy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| deccan | /x | Name |
| denizens | /xx | Noun |
| despotic | x/x | Adjective |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| distractions | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| factional | /xx | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| indicted | x/x | Verb |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| intertribal | xx/x | Adjective |
| jefferson | /xx | Name |
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| master | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| meticulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| micro | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mild | / | Adjective, Noun |
| miniature | /xxx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| miserly | /xx | Adjective |
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun |
| noncommissioned | /x/x | Adjective |
| orthodox | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| patti | /x | Name |
| practise | /x | Verb, Noun |
| premier | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| punk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pup | / | Noun, Verb |
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rajput | /x | Name |
| ratty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| seedy | /x | Adjective |
| shabby | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| tiny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| underage | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unkind | x/ | Adjective |
| welsh | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| young | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
