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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| preliminary | x/xxx | Noun, Noun |
| overture | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| precursor | x/x | Noun |
| interlude | /xx | Noun |
| presage | /x | Noun |
| reprise | x/ | Noun |
| precede | x/ | Verb |
| culminate | /xx | Verb |
| preparatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| harbinger | /xx | Noun |
| foretaste | x/ | Noun |
| coda | /x | Noun |
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| foreshadow | x/x | Verb |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| counterpoint | /xx | Noun |
| grand | / | Noun |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| springboard | /x | Noun |
| accompaniment | x/xx | Noun |
| prepare | x/ | Verb |
| concluding | x/x | Verb |
| eventual | x/xx | Adjective |
| culmination | xx/x | Noun |
| anticipating | x/xxx | Verb |
| rousing | /x | Adjective |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| recapitulation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| preparation | xx/x | Noun |
| akin | x/ | Adjective |
| preface | /x | Noun |
| penultimate | x/xx | Adjective |
| readying | /xx | Verb |
| centerpiece | /xx | Noun |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| climactic | x/x | Adjective |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| accompany | x/xx | Verb |
| heralding | /xx | Verb |
| intro | /x | Noun |
| resumption | x/x | Noun |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun |
| introductory | xx/xx | Noun |
| finale | x/x | Noun |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| forerunner | /xx | Noun |
| part | / | Noun |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| orchestrating | /xxx | Verb |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| tantamount | /xx | Adjective |
| initiating | x/xxx | Verb |
| showpiece | /x | Noun |
| revelation | xx/x | Noun |
| result | x/ | Noun |
| triumphal | x/x | Adjective |
| analogous | x/xx | Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| segue | /x | Noun |
| witnessing | /xx | Verb |
| apotheosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| ensuing | /xx | Verb |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun |
| requiem | /xx | Noun |
| intended | x/x | Verb |
| postponing | x/x | Verb |
| symphony | /xx | Noun |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun |
| triumphant | x/x | Adjective |
| celebration | xx/x | Noun |
| sonata | x/x | Noun |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| final | /x | Adjective |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Noun |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| alluding | x/x | Verb |
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| opening | /xx | Noun |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| forthcoming | //x | Adjective |
| precipitating | x/xxx | Verb |
| inaugurating | x/xxx | Verb |
| facilitate | x/xx | Verb |
| undergoing | xx/x | Verb |
| epochal | /xx | Adjective |
| befitting | x/x | Adjective |
| awaiting | x/x | Verb |
| instigating | /xxx | Verb |
| start | / | Noun |
| reappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| upcoming | /xx | Noun |
| preview | /x | Noun |
| pretest | x/ | Noun |
| premiere | x/ | Noun |
| prehistory | xx/x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| homework | /x | Noun |
| entrance | /x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Verb |
| fugue | / | Noun |
| imperialism | x/xxxx | Verb |
| appeasement | x/x | Verb |
| courtship | /x | Verb |
| wordsworth | /x | Adverb, Name |
| lohengrin | /xx | Name |
| albatross | /xx | Noun |
| genocide | /xx | Verb |
| chorale | x/ | Noun |
| orchestral | x/x | Adjective |
| tristan | /x | Name |
| allegro | x/x | Name |
| fitting | /x | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Noun |
| lovemaking | /xx | Noun |
| unmeasured | x/x | Adjective |
| inauspicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| excursion | x/x | Noun |
| elegiac | /xxx | Adjective |
| symphonic | x/x | Adjective |
| major | /x | Noun |
| copulation | /x/x | Noun |
| coitus | /x | Noun |
| postscript | /x | Noun |
| indispensable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rhymes | / | Noun |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| algerian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| cambodian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| chart | / | Noun, Verb |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| contents | /x | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cusp | / | Noun, Verb |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| duet | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| fore | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| forecast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreword | /x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| geography | x/xx | Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| memorial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| omen | /x | Noun, Verb |
| preamble | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| precedent | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| predecessor | /xxx | Noun |
| prediction | x/x | Noun |
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| sequel | /x | Noun |
| signal | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| to | / | Adverb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
