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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unsafe | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| fragile | /x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| untenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| tumultuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| rickety | /xx | Adjective |
| unenviable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| enviable | /xxx | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpromising | x/xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| unsustainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| uneven | x/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| unequal | x/x | Adjective |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| grim | / | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| undignified | x/xx | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Verb |
| surreal | x/ | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| unreliable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lucrative | /xx | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| squalid | /x | Adjective |
| tempestuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| stable | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| idyllic | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| jeopardized | /xx | Verb |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective |
| vulnerable | /xxx | Adjective |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| nightmarish | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| stormy | /x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| dizzying | /xx | Adjective |
| unsure | x/ | Adjective |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| infirm | x/ | Noun |
| chancy | /x | Noun |
| tottering | /xx | Verb |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| hazarded | /xx | Verb |
| untrustworthy | x/xx | Adjective |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Noun |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| checkered | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| unguarded | x/x | Adjective |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| wavering | /xx | Noun |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| unworthy | x/x | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| tightrope | /x | Noun |
| footholds | /x | Noun |
| perches | /x | Noun |
| livelihoods | /xx | Noun |
| subsistence | x/x | Noun |
| tenures | /x | Noun |
| hold | / | Noun |
| truce | / | Noun |
| balance | /x | Noun |
| beachhead | /x | Noun |
| finances | x/x | Noun |
| lifeline | /x | Noun |
| existences | x/xx | Noun |
| livings | /x | Noun |
| footing | /x | Noun |
| armistice | /xx | Noun |
| sanity | /xx | Noun |
| won | / | Noun |
| ledges | /x | Noun |
| position | x/x | Noun |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| assured | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| brittle | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| changed | / | Adjective |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| demeaning | x/x | Adjective |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective, Verb |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| fledgling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| meagre | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| needy | /x | Adjective |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| secure | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| straitened | /x | Adjective |
| substandard | x/x | Adjective |
| susceptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| temporary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| unsecured | xx/ | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
