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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| polemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| controversial | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| propagandistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| theological | xx/xx | Noun |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| historiographical | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| iconoclastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| partisan | /xx | Noun |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sophistic | x/x | Name |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncharitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| philosophic | xx/x | Noun |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| dialectical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| nationalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| deconstructive | xx/x | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| incendiary | x/xxx | Noun |
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| sociopolitical | /xxx/xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| christological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| analyzed | /xx | Verb |
| all around | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| overall | /xx | Adjective |
| partial | /x | Adjective |
| sweeping | /x | Verb |
| divided | x/x | Verb |
| searching | /x | Noun |
| polarized | /xx | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| scrutinising | /xxx | Verb |
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| eclectic | x/x | Adjective |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun |
| bilateral | x/xx | Noun |
| tripartite | x/x | Noun |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| frontal | /x | Noun |
| politic | /xx | Noun |
| contrasting | x/x | Noun |
| directed | x/x | Verb |
| lopsided | //x | Adjective |
| biased | /x | Verb |
| root and branch | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| vociferous | x/xx | Adjective |
| inquisitorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| weighted | /x | Adjective |
| pamphlets | /x | Noun |
| overstatement | /xxx | Noun |
| broadsides | /x | Noun |
| diatribes | /xx | Noun |
| treatises | /xx | Noun |
| writings | /x | Noun |
| exaggerations | xxx/x | Noun |
| asides | x/ | Noun |
| fray | / | Noun |
| divinity | x/xx | Noun |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| verve | / | Noun |
| tracts | / | Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| invective | x/x | Noun |
| essays | x/ | Noun |
| journalism | /xxx | Noun |
| thrust | / | Noun |
| exchanges | x/x | Noun |
| divines | x/ | Noun |
| preface | /x | Noun |
| stance | / | Noun |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| sharpness | /x | Noun |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| excesses | x/x | Noun |
| debates | x/ | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| vehemence | /xx | Noun |
| fervour | /x | Noun |
| intention | x/x | Noun |
| attacks | x/ | Noun |
| outbursts | /x | Noun |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| apologetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| communal | x/x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| directional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| disputed | x/x | Adjective |
| divisive | x/x | Adjective |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| expository | x/xxx | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| homiletic | xx/x | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| jewish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| motile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pictorial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| reliant | x/x | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sculptural | /xx | Adjective |
| secular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
