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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| impoverishment | x/xx | Noun |
| homelessness | /xx | Noun |
| inequality | xx/xx | Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| joblessness | /xx | Noun |
| squalor | /x | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun |
| wretchedness | /xx | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| affluence | /xx | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| slums | / | Noun |
| hunger | /x | Noun |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| criminality | xx/xx | Noun |
| underdevelopment | xxx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| racism | /xx | Noun |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| obesity | x/xx | Noun |
| backwardness | /xx | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| pollution | x/x | Noun |
| insecurity | xx/xx | Noun |
| overpopulation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| marginalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| opulence | /xx | Noun |
| disparities | x/xx | Noun |
| prosperity | x/xx | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| powerlessness | /xxx | Noun |
| crime | / | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| immorality | xx/xx | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| despair | x/ | Noun |
| undernutrition | xxx/x | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| depravity | x/xx | Noun |
| discrimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| welfare | /x | Noun |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| stigmatization | /xx/x | Noun |
| classism | /xx | Noun |
| bigotry | /xx | Noun |
| pauperism | /xxx | Noun |
| alcoholism | /xxxx | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| malaria | x/xx | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| privation | x/x | Noun |
| cheapness | /x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inferiority | xxx/xx | Noun |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| unavailability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| richness | /x | Noun |
| inaccessibility | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| slackness | /x | Noun |
| carelessness | /xx | Noun |
| ineligibility | x/xx/xx | Noun |
| feebleness | /xx | Noun |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| slowness | /x | Noun |
| disrepair | xx/ | Noun |
| underperformance | xxx/x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| thinness | /x | Noun |
| eradicate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| eld | x | Adverb |
| alleviated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abject | /x | Adjective |
| feminization | /xx/x | Noun |
| genteel | x/ | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| mired | / | Verb |
| historicism | x/xxx | Noun |
| vow | / | Noun |
| stricken | /x | Verb |
| cultivate | /xx | Adjective |
| grinding | /x | Verb |
| keenly | /x | Adverb |
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun |
| unrelieved | xx/ | Adjective |
| chastity | /xx | Noun |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| hardcore | // | Adjective |
| overcrowding | /xxx | Noun |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective |
| alienation | xxx/x | Noun |
| apathy | /xx | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| corresponding | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| demoralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| depletion | x/x | Noun |
| deprived | x/ | Adjective |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| discontent | xx/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| dissatisfaction | xxx/x | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| employment | x/x | Noun |
| focused | /x | Adjective |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| hungry | /x | Adjective |
| indigent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| obedience | x/xx | Noun |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| pittance | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| precariousness | x/xxx | Noun |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| sectorial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| security | x/xx | Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| stagnation | x/x | Noun |
| street | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| subregional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sustainable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| trifle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tripe | / | Noun |
| use | / | Noun, Verb |
| vietnam | xx/ | Name |
| want | / | Verb, Noun |
| wealth | / | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
