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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| heaney | /x | Name |
| ruminations | xx/x | Noun |
| obsessions | x/x | Noun |
| predilections | xx/x | Noun |
| preconceptions | xx/x | Noun |
| worries | /x | Noun |
| anxieties | x/xx | Noun |
| distractions | x/x | Noun |
| absences | /xx | Noun |
| cares | / | Noun |
| emphases | /xx | Noun |
| delusions | x/x | Noun |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| prejudices | /xxx | Noun |
| forefront | /x | Noun |
| themes | / | Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun |
| obsessive | x/x | Adjective |
| fantasies | /xx | Noun |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| suicidal | xx/x | Adjective |
| presuppositions | xxx/x | Noun |
| distracted | x/x | Verb |
| otherworldly | /x/x | Adjective |
| recurring | x/x | Verb |
| mirrors | /x | Verb |
| tastes | / | Noun |
| fears | / | Noun |
| moods | / | Noun |
| contemporaries | x/xxx | Noun |
| biases | /xx | Noun |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| priorities | x/xx | Noun |
| detach | x/ | Verb |
| occupations | xx/x | Noun |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| ambitions | x/x | Noun |
| betrays | x/ | Verb |
| midst | / | Noun |
| reflects | x/ | Verb |
| multifarious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| somatic | x/x | Adjective |
| worldly | /x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| echoes | /x | Verb |
| shares | / | Verb |
| abiding | x/x | Adjective |
| enduring | x/x | Verb |
| transcends | x/ | Verb |
| pursuits | x/ | Noun |
| interests | /x | Noun |
| novelists | /xx | Noun |
| freed | / | Verb |
| passions | /x | Noun |
| sociologists | xx/xx | Noun |
| theorists | /xx | Noun |
| historians | x/xx | Noun |
| materialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| thinkers | /x | Noun |
| predecessors | /xxx | Noun |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb |
| clues | / | Noun |
| philosophers | x/xx | Noun |
| thoughts | / | Noun |
| motifs | x/ | Noun |
| spite | / | Noun |
| aspirations | xx/x | Noun |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| metaphysical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| aesthetic | x/x | Adjective |
| economists | x/xx | Noun |
| colored | /x | Verb |
| reveals | x/ | Verb |
| beset | x/ | Verb |
| owing | /x | Verb |
| lifelong | // | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| project | /x | Verb |
| esthetic | x/x | Adjective |
| reformers | x/x | Noun |
| pleasures | /x | Noun |
| desires | x/x | Noun |
| assumptions | x/x | Noun |
| prevented | x/x | Verb |
| petty | /x | Adjective |
| tune | / | Noun |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| intellectuals | xx/xx | Noun |
| writers | /x | Noun |
| centred | /x | Verb |
| tensions | /x | Noun |
| motivations | xx/x | Noun |
| corresponded | xx/x | Verb |
| chief | / | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| planners | /x | Noun |
| painters | /x | Noun |
| immersed | x/ | Verb |
| stylistic | x/x | Adjective |
| orientations | xxx/x | Noun |
| oedipal | /xx | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| deepest | /x | Adjective |
| selfish | /x | Adjective |
| shaped | / | Verb |
| stemmed | / | Verb |
| erotic | x/x | Adjective |
| perceptions | x/x | Noun |
| epistemological | /xxx/xx | Adjective |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| habitual | x/xx | Adjective |
| parochial | x/xx | Adjective |
| elites | x/ | Noun |
| poets | /x | Noun |
| perspectives | x/x | Noun |
| aims | / | Noun |
| attitudes | /xx | Noun |
| novels | /x | Noun |
| rituals | /xx | Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| makers | /x | Noun |
| tendencies | /xx | Noun |
| theological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| anal | /x | Adjective |
| autistic | x/x | Adjective |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| scholars | /x | Noun |
| underlie | xx/ | Verb |
| paranoid | /xx | Adjective |
| dominate | /xx | Verb |
| absorbed | x/ | Verb |
| characterize | /xxx | Verb |
| habits | /x | Noun |
| artists | /x | Noun |
| researchers | /xx | Noun |
| styles | / | Noun |
| doubts | / | Noun |
| manifold | /xx | Adjective |
| continuing | x/xx | Verb |
| utilitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| nationalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| authors | /x | Noun |
| coincided | xx/x | Verb |
| emerge | x/ | Verb |
| behaviors | x/x | Noun |
| artistic | x/x | Adjective |
| conflicts | x/ | Noun |
| main | / | Adjective |
| profession | x/x | Noun |
| eschatological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| existential | xx/x | Adjective |
| hopes | / | Noun |
| twin | / | Adjective |
| compulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| responsibilities | xxx/xx | Noun |
| insights | /x | Noun |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| idealistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| conceptions | x/x | Noun |
| controversies | /xxx | Noun |
| desiderata | xxx/x | Noun |
| failings | /x | Noun |
| frustrations | x/x | Noun |
| needs | / | Noun, Adverb |
| outlooks | /x | Noun |
| viewpoints | /x | Noun |
