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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| drudgery | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| effortful | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| grind | / | Adjective, Verb |
| leaden | /x | Verb, Verb, Adjective |
| trudging | /x | Verb |
| ambling | /xx | Verb |
| meandering | x/xx | Noun |
| slogging | /x | Verb |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| lumbering | /xx | Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| dawdling | /x | Verb |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| lurching | /x | Verb |
| blundering | /xx | Noun |
| shambling | /xx | Verb |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| hobbling | /xx | Verb |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective |
| monotonous | x/xx | Adjective |
| shuffling | /x | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| loping | /x | Verb |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| pacing | /x | Noun |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| breakneck | /x | Noun |
| laboured | /x | Verb |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| droning | /x | Noun |
| zigzagging | /xx | Verb |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| frenetic | x/x | Adjective |
| uninspiring | xx/x | Adjective |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| thudding | /x | Noun |
| weary | /x | Adjective |
| trotting | /x | Noun |
| limping | /x | Noun |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| stilted | /x | Adjective |
| leisurely | /xx | Adjective |
| striding | /x | Verb |
| sauntering | /xx | Verb |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| torpid | /x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| passionless | /xx | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| interminable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| galloping | /xx | Noun |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| chugging | /x | Noun |
| waddling | /xx | Verb |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| running | /x | Verb |
| stepwise | /x | Noun |
| persevering | xx/x | Adjective |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| creepy | /x | Adjective |
| steady | /x | Adjective |
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective |
| developing | x/xx | Verb |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| marching | /x | Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun |
| orderly | /xx | Adjective |
| slumbering | /xx | Verb |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| uphill | // | Adjective |
| plunging | /x | Verb |
| mounting | /x | Verb |
| hurried | /x | Verb |
| gingerly | /xx | Adverb |
| continual | x/xx | Adjective |
| oscillating | /xxx | Adjective |
| uniformity | xx/xx | Noun |
| soldiery | /xx | Verb |
| hooves | / | Noun |
| oxen | /x | Noun |
| perseverance | xx/x | Noun |
| gait | / | Noun |
| mediocrity | xx/xx | Noun |
| donkeys | /x | Noun |
| bureaucrat | /xx | Noun |
| swarm | / | Noun |
| homeward | /x | Adverb |
| camels | /x | Noun |
| tortoise | /x | Noun |
| resumed | x/ | Verb |
| mules | / | Noun |
| mud | / | Noun |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| ant | / | Noun |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| agile | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| baggage | /x | Noun |
| blindfolded | /xx | Adjective |
| brooding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| circling | /xx | Noun |
| commissariat | /xxx/ | Noun |
| debilitated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dragging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| exercised | /xx | Adjective |
| fastest | /x | Adjective |
| hammering | /xx | Noun |
| harnessed | /x | Adjective |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| journeying | /xx | Noun |
| monotony | x/xx | Noun |
| persistency | x/xx | Noun |
| plough | / | Noun, Verb |
| pondering | /xx | Noun |
| reiteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| slaughtered | /x | Adjective |
| ticking | /x | Noun |
| toil | / | Noun, Verb |
| tramping | /x | Noun |
| walking | /x | Adjective |
| watching | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
