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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| accompaniment | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| alliteration | x/xxx | Noun |
| analogies | x/xx | Noun |
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective |
| apparently | x/xx | Adverb |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| armour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| artistry | /xx | Noun |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| bagel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bald | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beauty | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| beef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bemoan | x/ | Verb |
| bitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| bland | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| brush | / | Noun, Verb |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| champaign | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| chaste | / | Adjective |
| cheer | / | Noun, Verb |
| cheer up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| chiaroscuro | xxx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| choreography | xx/xx | Noun |
| cimarron | /xx | Name |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| claire | / | Name |
| cleanest | /x | Adjective |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| clearly | /x | Adverb |
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complain | x/ | Verb |
| comprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| counterbalance | /xxx | Verb, Noun |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| croak | / | Noun, Verb |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deplore | x/ | Verb |
| deteriorate | x/xxx | Verb |
| dialectical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| downright | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| drab | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dull | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ended | /x | Adjective |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| esplanade | xx/ | Noun |
| evident | /xx | Adjective |
| evidently | /xxx | Adverb |
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| expanses | x/x | Noun |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fancy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| fashioned | /x | Adjective |
| featureless | /xx | Adjective |
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| figuration | xx/x | Noun |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun, Verb |
| frank | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| frankly | /x | Adverb |
| fugue | / | Noun, Verb |
| ganges | /x | Name |
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| glaring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grassland | /x | Noun |
| gripe | / | Noun, Verb |
| grouse | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| grumble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| holler | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| homespun | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| honest | /x | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| indexing | /xx | Noun |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| intelligible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| interplay | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| interrelation | xxx/x | Noun |
| jane | / | Name |
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| kick | / | Verb, Noun |
| knit | / | Verb, Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| legible | /xx | Adjective |
| linen | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| lisa | /x | Name |
| literal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lowland | /x | Noun |
| manifest | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| meadows | /x | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| ming | / | Name, Verb |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| moor | / | Noun, Verb |
| moorland | /x | Noun |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| murmur | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nag | / | Noun, Verb |
| nature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| neutral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonthreatening | x/xx | Adjective |
| normal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| obviously | /xxx | Adverb |
| olympia | x/xx | Name |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| outright | // | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| pampa | /x | Noun |
| pastiche | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| patent | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| patterned | /x | Adjective |
| peanut | /x | Noun, Verb |
| peck | / | Noun, Verb |
| plaid | / | Noun, Adjective |
| plainest | /x | Adjective |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| plateau | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| polemic | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| polyphony | x/xx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prairie | /x | Noun |
| predominantly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| prelude | /x | Noun, Verb |
| presentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| protest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pure | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| pure and simple | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| purely | /x | Adverb |
| queen | / | Noun, Verb |
| rail | / | Noun, Verb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| regions | /x | Noun |
| regret | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| regular | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| report | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| sahel | xx | Name |
| sandhills | /x | Noun |
| scold | / | Verb, Noun |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sheer | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| simply | /x | Adverb |
| single | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| smooth | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| sober | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| socratic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| solid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sound off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| squawk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| steppe | / | Noun |
| straightforward | //x | Adverb, Adjective |
| stretches | /x | Verb, Noun |
| syncopation | /xxx | Noun |
| tailored | /x | Adjective |
| tasteless | /x | Adjective |
| transparent | x/x | Adjective |
| treeless | /x | Adjective |
| trim | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| tundra | /x | Noun |
| tutorial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ugliest | /xx | Adjective |
| unadorned | xx/ | Adjective |
| unambiguous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unattractive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| uncomplicated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| unmarked | x/ | Adjective |
| unmixed | x/ | Adjective |
| unpretentious | xx/x | Adjective |
| unremarkable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unvarnished | x/x | Adjective |
| upland | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| usual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| valley | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vanilla | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| verbose | x/ | Adjective |
| whine | / | Noun, Verb |
| white | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| yogurt | /x | Noun |
