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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| archaic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| rude | / | Name, Adjective |
| untrained | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| elemental | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| derivative | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Noun |
| primeval | x/x | Adjective |
| modern | /x | Noun |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| atavistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| ancient | /x | Noun |
| rustic | /x | Adjective |
| primordial | x/xx | Adjective |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| primal | /x | Adjective |
| untutored | x/x | Adjective |
| animalistic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| unrefined | xx/ | Adjective |
| unenlightened | xx/x | Adjective |
| bestial | /x | Adjective |
| basic | /x | Adjective |
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| sophisticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| animistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| paleolithic | xxx/x | Name |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| quaint | / | Adjective |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| tribal | /x | Adjective |
| exotic | x/x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| savagery | /xxx | Noun |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| shamanistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| untamed | x/ | Adjective |
| spartan | /x | Name |
| radix | /x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| root | / | Noun |
| reflex | /x | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| simplex | /x | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| borrowing | /xx | Noun |
| prefix | /x | Noun |
| hybrid | /x | Noun |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective |
| preform | x/ | Noun |
| radical | /xx | Adjective |
| descriptor | x/x | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| particle | /xx | Noun |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun |
| parole | x/ | Noun |
| dummy | /x | Noun |
| native speaker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| nativism | /xxx | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| incipient | x/xx | Adjective |
| variant | /xx | Noun |
| numeral | /xx | Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| morpheme | /x | Noun |
| substratum | //x | Noun |
| langue | / | Noun |
| stem | / | Noun |
| homologue | x/x | Noun |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| conversion | x/x | Noun |
| base | / | Noun |
| lexeme | // | Noun |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| type | / | Noun |
| phonetic | x/x | Adjective |
| substrate | /x | Noun |
| ame | / | Verb |
| recursive | x/x | Noun |
| request | x/ | Verb |
| camping | /x | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adverb |
| recursion | x/x | Noun |
| methodism | /xxx | Name |
| surging | /x | Verb |
| endoderm | xx/ | Noun |
| executes | /xx | Verb |
| issue | /x | Verb |
| streak | / | Noun |
| campsites | /x | Noun |
| gut | / | Noun |
| invoking | x/x | Verb |
| mesenchyme | xx/ | Noun |
| christianity | xx/xx | Name |
| campground | /x | Noun |
| urges | /x | Verb |
| gonad | /x | Noun |
| communism | /xxx | Noun |
| meteorites | /xxx | Noun |
| barbarism | /xxx | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Verb |
| peoples | /x | Noun |
| ectoderm | /xx | Noun |
| baptists | /x | Name |
| pharynx | /x | Noun |
| mentality | x/xx | Noun |
| accumulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reverted | x/x | Verb |
| polynomial | xx/xx | Noun |
| buddhism | /xx | Name |
| nebula | /xx | Noun |
| tribesmen | /x | Noun |
| progenitors | x/xx | Noun |
| springs | / | Verb |
| monotheism | /xxxx | Noun |
| societies | x/xx | Noun |
| vertebrates | /xx | Noun |
| predicates | /xx | Noun |
| reptiles | /x | Noun |
| tribes | / | Noun |
| confirm | x/ | Verb |
| promiscuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| instincts | /x | Noun |
| specifies | /xx | Verb |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| aborigine | xx/xx | Noun |
| ars | / | Noun |
| artists | /x | Noun |
| aryan | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| authors | /x | Adjective |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| bards | / | Noun |
| behaviorist | x/xx | Noun |
| bibles | /x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| cantatas | x/x | Noun |
| carvers | /x | Noun |
| cave dweller | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| caveman | /x | Noun |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| elementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| firsthand | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| hardy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| homemade | // | Adjective |
| homo erectus | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| improvised | /xx | Adjective |
| incivility | xx/xx | Noun |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| makeshift | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| missing link | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| nomadic | x/x | Adjective |
| novels | /x | Noun |
| occidental | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| polytheistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| premodern | x/x | Adjective |
| pristine | /x | Adjective |
| prototypes | /xx | Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| shanty | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sturdy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| symphonies | /xx | Noun |
| traditional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| trans | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| translations | x/x | Verb |
| virgin | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| wild man | // | Name, Name |
| wilderness | /xx | Noun |
| woodcuts | /x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
