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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| verbose | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| redundant | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| diffuse | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| windy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| turgid | /x | Adjective |
| loquacious | x/x | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| repetitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| terse | / | Noun |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| voluminous | x/xx | Adjective |
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective |
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| intolerably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| polemic | x/x | Noun |
| unctuous | /x | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| glib | / | Noun |
| intemperate | x/xx | Adjective |
| rambling | /x | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| profuse | x/ | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| excruciatingly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective |
| strung out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| chatty | /x | Noun |
| fussy | /x | Adjective |
| style | / | Noun |
| speeches | /x | Noun |
| conversations | xx/x | Noun |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| descriptions | x/x | Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun |
| explanations | xx/x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun |
| detail | x/ | Noun |
| letter | /x | Noun |
| manner | /x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| work | / | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| think | / | Verb |
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb |
| apologia | x/xxx | Noun |
| apostrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| armory | /xx | Noun |
| arsenal | /xx | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| caper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cavalcade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| ceremonial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commonplaces | /xxx | Noun |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| coronation | xx/x | Noun |
| declamation | xx/x | Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| expository | x/xxx | Adjective |
| informative | x/xx | Adjective |
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| lucid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| preamble | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| prefatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| rhapsody | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| winded | /x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
