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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| predicament | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| quandary | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| engage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| pledge | / | Verb, Noun |
| troth | / | Noun, Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| travails | x/ | Noun |
| injustices | x/xx | Noun |
| sympathy | /xx | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| hardships | /x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| humanity | x/xx | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| helplessness | /xx | Noun |
| mistreatment | x/x | Noun |
| struggles | /x | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun |
| realities | x/xx | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| wretchedness | /xx | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| oppressed | x/ | Adjective |
| complexities | x/xx | Noun |
| ramifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| precariousness | x/xxx | Noun |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective |
| issues | /x | Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| welfare | /x | Noun |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| disenfranchised | xx/x | Adjective |
| inhumanity | xx/xx | Noun |
| portrayal | x/x | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| troubles | /x | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| dangers | /x | Noun |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| inadequacies | x/xxx | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| cruelties | /x | Noun |
| fragility | x/xx | Noun |
| sympathizing | /xxx | Verb |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| misfortunes | x/x | Noun |
| inequities | x/xx | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| insensitivity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| powerlessness | /xxx | Noun |
| shortcomings | /xx | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| victims | /x | Noun |
| perils | /x | Noun |
| compassion | x/x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| rescuing | /xx | Verb |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| indignity | x/xx | Noun |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| pity | /x | Noun |
| atrocities | x/xx | Noun |
| refugees | /xx | Noun |
| desperation | xx/x | Noun |
| implications | xx/x | Noun |
| beleaguered | x/x | Adjective |
| enormity | x/xx | Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| seriousness | /xxx | Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| empathy | /xx | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| ailments | /x | Noun |
| intricacies | /xxx | Noun |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| alienation | xxx/x | Noun |
| aftermath | /xx | Noun |
| homelessness | /xx | Noun |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| marginalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| surroundings | x/x | Noun |
| foibles | /x | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| orphans | /x | Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Verb |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| infamy | /xx | Noun |
| indigent | /xx | Noun |
| reproach | x/ | Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| displeasure | x/x | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| batch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb |
| care | / | Noun, Verb |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| covenant | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| destination | xx/x | Noun |
| destiny | /xx | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| disrepair | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| fortune | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grief | / | Noun, Verb |
| guarantee | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun |
| location | x/x | Noun |
| lot | / | Noun, Verb |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| lurch | / | Noun, Verb |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| menace | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mess | / | Noun, Verb |
| muddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| position | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| scourge | / | Noun, Verb |
| shipwreck | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slump | / | Noun, Verb |
| sort | / | Noun, Verb |
| spell | / | Noun, Verb |
| status | /x | Noun |
| straits | / | Noun |
| test | / | Noun, Verb |
| tidings | /x | Verb |
| trap | / | Noun, Verb |
| vouch | / | Verb, Noun |
| vow | / | Noun, Verb |
| whereabouts | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| wreck | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
