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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| obsession | x/x | Noun |
| fascination | xx/x | Noun |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| disinterest | x/xx | Noun |
| fixation | x/x | Noun |
| infatuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| predilection | xx/x | Noun |
| perception | x/x | Noun |
| neurosis | x/x | Noun |
| dissatisfaction | xxx/x | Noun |
| distraction | x/x | Noun |
| rumination | xx/x | Noun |
| proclivity | x/xx | Noun |
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun |
| peculiarity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| habitual | x/xx | Adjective |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| disquiet | x/x | Noun |
| triviality | xx/xx | Noun |
| insistence | x/x | Noun |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| disenchantment | xx/x | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| pathological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ambition | x/x | Noun |
| restlessness | /xx | Noun |
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| disillusion | xx/x | Noun |
| inwardness | /xx | Noun |
| desire | x/x | Noun |
| fixated | /xx | Verb |
| aversion | x/x | Noun |
| reticence | /xx | Noun |
| paranoia | xx/x | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| inattention | xx/x | Noun |
| disjuncture | x/x | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| pursuit | x/ | Noun |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Noun |
| contemporaneity | xxx//xx | Noun |
| devotion | x/x | Noun |
| focus | /x | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| temporality | /x/xx | Noun |
| symptom | /x | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| loathing | /x | Noun |
| discontent | xx/ | Noun |
| fondness | /x | Noun |
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| attentiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| contemplation | xx/x | Noun |
| solicitude | x/xx | Noun |
| addiction | x/x | Noun |
| puzzle | /x | Noun |
| conception | x/x | Noun |
| nervousness | /xx | Noun |
| vexation | x/x | Noun |
| mindedness | /xx | Noun |
| busyness | //x | Noun |
| absence of mind | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| trepidation | xx/x | Noun |
| consciousness | /xx | Noun |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| subjection | x/x | Noun |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| state of mind | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| perplexity | x/xx | Noun |
| involvement | x/x | Noun |
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb |
| bewilderment | x/xx | Noun |
| pendency | /xx | Noun |
| trivia | /xx | Noun |
| minutiae | x/xx | Noun |
| thinness | /x | Noun |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective |
| dieting | /xx | Verb |
| distracts | x/ | Verb |
| engrossing | x/x | Adjective |
| blinds | / | Verb |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| lifelong | // | Adjective |
| diverts | x/ | Verb |
| abiding | x/x | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| suicidal | xx/x | Adjective |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| myopic | x/x | Adjective |
| inordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dominating | /xxx | Adjective |
| fantasies | /xx | Noun |
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| betrays | x/ | Verb |
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| encompassing | x/xx | Verb |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| attention | x/x | Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| concentration | xx/x | Noun |
| considers | x/x | Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| distrust | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| emphasis | /xx | Noun |
| excretion | x/x | Noun |
| glorification | xxx/x | Noun |
| im | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| interest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prejudice | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| proud | / | Adjective, Noun |
| sake | / | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| worry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
