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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| penal | /x | Adjective, Name |
| correctional | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| rehabilitative | xx/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| punishable | /xxx | Adjective |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| retributive | x/xx | Adjective |
| preventive | x/x | Adjective |
| legalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| unjustified | x/xx | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| preventative | x/xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| sanctions | /x | Noun |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| unreasonable | x/xx | Adjective |
| retroactive | xx/x | Adjective |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unjustifiable | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| disproportionate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| imposing | x/x | Verb |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| injunctive | x/x | Noun |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| retribution | xx/x | Noun |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| authoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective |
| divisive | x/x | Adjective |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| preemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| indirect | xx/ | Adjective |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| evaluative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| facilitative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| lenient | /xx | Adjective |
| reductive | x/x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| unwarranted | x/xx | Adjective |
| redistributive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective |
| callous | /x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective |
| inequitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| penalties | /xx | Noun |
| guilty | /x | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun |
| invasive | x/x | Adjective |
| tried | / | Verb |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| predicate | /xx | Noun |
| assailant | x/x | Noun |
| kinetic | x/x | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| antipersonnel | xxxx/ | Noun |
| attacking | x/x | Verb |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| special | /x | Adjective |
| engaged | x/ | Verb |
| hardball | /x | Noun |
| guilty as charged | /x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| not guilty | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| ripe | / | Adjective |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| antitank | xx/ | Adjective |
| pitched | / | Adjective |
| damages | /xx | Noun |
| expeditions | xx/x | Noun |
| indemnities | x/xx | Noun |
| presumed | x/ | Verb |
| aggravated | /xxx | Verb |
| demolitions | xx/x | Noun |
| award | x/ | Noun |
| controlling | x/x | Verb |
| reparations | xx/x | Noun |
| commando | x/x | Noun |
| raids | / | Noun |
| fine | / | Noun |
| sentencing | /xx | Noun |
| moralism | /xxx | Noun |
| detachments | x/x | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| measures | /x | Noun |
| reprisal | x/x | Noun |
| conditionality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| tariffs | /x | Noun |
| restitution | xx/x | Noun |
| parenting | /xx | Noun |
| threatening | /xx | Verb |
| verdicts | /x | Noun |
| squads | / | Noun |
| taxation | x/x | Noun |
| perceive | x/ | Verb |
| forays | /x | Noun |
| segregation | xx/x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| enforced | x/ | Adjective |
| exemplary | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| permissive | x/x | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unpunished | x/x | Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
