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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| punitive | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| penal | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| correctional | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| penalised | /xx | Verb |
| tortious | /x | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| prohibitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| culpable | /xx | Adjective |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| pitiless | /xx | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| wrongful | /x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| violative | /xxx | Adjective |
| incriminating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective |
| disciplined | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective |
| puny | /x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| aversive | x/x | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| compensatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| resentful | x/x | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| sinful | /x | Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| incorrigible | x/xxx | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| prohibited | x/xx | Verb |
| function | /x | Noun |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dispositive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| enforcing | x/x | Verb |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| rehabilitative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| retaliatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| retributive | x/xx | Adjective |
| retroactive | xx/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 |
