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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| repel | x/ | Verb, Verb | 
| repulse | x/ | Verb, Noun, Verb | 
| slight | / | Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| snub | / | Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| drive off | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fight off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| rebuke | x/ | Noun | 
| overtures | /xx | Noun | 
| acquiesce | xx/ | Verb | 
| spurn | / | Verb | 
| riposte | x/ | Noun | 
| dismiss | x/ | Verb | 
| taunt | / | Noun | 
| reject | x/ | Verb | 
| mollify | /xx | Verb | 
| entreaties | x/x | Noun | 
| chastise | x/ | Verb | 
| rejection | x/x | Noun | 
| resists | x/ | Verb | 
| protestations | xx/x | Noun | 
| accede | x/ | Verb | 
| demur | x/ | Noun | 
| nullify | /xx | Verb | 
| ignore | x/ | Verb | 
| insult | x/ | Noun | 
| admonishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| vehement | /xx | Adjective | 
| retort | /x | Noun | 
| capitulate | x/xx | Verb | 
| criticism | /xxx | Noun | 
| decry | x/ | Verb | 
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun | 
| blandishments | /xx | Noun | 
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective | 
| jibe | / | Noun | 
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| admonition | xx/x | Noun | 
| snide | / | Adjective | 
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective | 
| refute | x/ | Verb | 
| affront | x/ | Noun | 
| objections | x/x | Noun | 
| harangue | x/ | Noun | 
| defeat | x/ | Noun | 
| thwart | / | Verb | 
| deflect | x/ | Verb | 
| chide | / | Verb | 
| sneers | / | Noun | 
| scornful | /x | Adjective | 
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun | 
| respond | x/ | Verb | 
| deride | x/ | Verb | 
| repudiate | x/xx | Verb | 
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective | 
| scorn | / | Noun | 
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective | 
| denigrate | /xx | Verb | 
| disdain | x/ | Noun | 
| forestall | x/ | Verb | 
| downplay | /x | Verb | 
| ridicule | /xx | Noun | 
| response | x/ | Noun | 
| curt | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| assail | x/ | Verb | 
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective | 
| rebuttal | x/x | Noun | 
| disregard | xx/ | Noun | 
| countered | /x | Verb | 
| retaliate | x/xx | Verb | 
| disavow | xx/ | Verb | 
| accusation | xx/x | Noun | 
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective | 
| prompting | /x | Verb | 
| deny | x/ | Verb | 
| indignant | x/x | Adjective | 
| spiteful | /x | Adjective | 
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| proffer | /x | Noun | 
| angered | /x | Verb | 
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun | 
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective | 
| forceful | /x | Adjective | 
| refusal | x/x | Noun | 
| accept | x/ | Verb | 
| denunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| quash | / | Verb | 
| reticence | /xx | Noun | 
| advances | x/x | Noun | 
| relent | x/ | Verb | 
| counteract | /xx | Verb | 
| defy | x/ | Verb | 
| denial | x/x | Noun | 
| repulsion | x/x | Noun | 
| declination | xx/x | Noun | 
| reproach | x/ | Noun | 
| reluctance | x/x | Noun | 
| frustration | x/x | Noun | 
| decline | x/ | Noun | 
| gaff | / | Noun | 
| backlash | /x | Noun | 
| revulsion | x/x | Noun | 
| abnegation | xx/x | Noun | 
| negative | /xx | Adjective | 
| reproof | xx | Noun | 
| reverse | x/ | Noun | 
| baffling | /xx | Adjective | 
| resistant | x/x | Noun | 
| rudeness | /x | Noun | 
| beating | /x | Noun | 
| reprimand | /xx | Noun | 
| umbrage | /x | Noun | 
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| rebelling | x/x | Verb | 
| undaunted | x/x | Verb | 
| undeterred | xx/ | Verb | 
| aggressor | x/x | Noun | 
| smarting | /x | Verb | 
| stinging | /x | Adjective | 
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| rankled | /x | Verb | 
| mortified | /xx | Verb | 
| brusque | / | Adjective | 
| daunted | /x | Verb | 
| breach | / | Noun, Verb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| clash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cold shoulder | //x | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| condemn | x/ | Verb | 
| curb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun | 
| invitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| postpone | x/ | Verb | 
| push | / | Verb, Noun | 
| rebut | x/ | Verb | 
| refuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| reprove | x/ | Verb | 
| setback | /x | Noun | 
| silent treatment | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| slap | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective | 
| speculation | xx/x | Noun | 
| threaten | /x | Verb | 
| ultimatum | xx/x | Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
