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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| backlash | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shrink | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| rebound | x/ | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| bounce | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| bound | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| spring | / | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| quail | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| flinch | / | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| cringe | / | Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| kick | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| wince | / | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| ricochet | /xx | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| funk | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| kick back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| shock | / | Noun |
| repulsion | x/x | Noun |
| pistol | /x | Noun |
| muzzle | /x | Noun |
| rifle | /x | Noun |
| carbine | /x | Noun |
| velocity | x/xx | Noun |
| reflex | /x | Noun |
| repugnance | x/x | Noun |
| revulsion | x/x | Noun |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| vibration | x/x | Noun |
| wobble | /x | Noun |
| inertia | x/x | Noun |
| bolt | / | Noun |
| grip | / | Noun |
| torque | / | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| trigger | /x | Noun |
| ammo | /x | Noun |
| abhorrence | x/x | Noun |
| shotgun | /x | Noun |
| pullback | /x | Noun |
| kickback | /x | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| retract | x/ | Verb |
| step back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| rebuff | x/ | Noun |
| rearward | /x | Adjective |
| fallback | /x | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| recess | x/ | Noun |
| relapse | x/ | Noun |
| recovery | x/x | Noun |
| recoupment | x/x | Noun |
| reflow | xx | Noun |
| reversion | x/x | Noun |
| reprisal | x/x | Noun |
| rear | / | Noun |
| regression | x/x | Noun |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun |
| comeback | /x | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb |
| rewind | /x | Noun |
| reverberation | xxx/x | Noun |
| reappearing | xx/x | Verb |
| revert | x/ | Verb |
| throwback | /x | Noun |
| reflux | xx | Noun |
| regress | /x | Noun |
| recover | x/x | Verb |
| retort | /x | Noun |
| convalescence | xx/x | Noun |
| reprise | x/ | Noun |
| payback | /x | Noun |
| recourse | /x | Noun |
| recline | x/ | Verb |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective |
| restart | x/ | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| recapture | x/x | Noun |
| regaining | x/x | Verb |
| reawakening | xx/xx | Noun |
| backwash | /x | Noun |
| repayment | x/x | Noun |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| rollback | /x | Noun |
| replay | x/ | Noun |
| aftershock | /xx | Noun |
| rejoining | x/x | Verb |
| reclaim | x/ | Verb |
| backtrack | /x | Noun |
| recuperation | xxx/x | Noun |
| steeled | / | Adjective |
| instinctively | x/xx | Adverb |
| elastic | x/x | Adjective |
| leg | / | Adjective |
| lungs | / | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun |
| cartridge | /x | Noun |
| alveoli | x/xx | Noun |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| shuddering | /xx | Verb |
| pulverized | /xx | Verb |
| thorax | /x | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| greater | /x | Adverb |
| systole | // | Noun |
| horrified | /xx | Verb |
| cannon | /x | Noun |
| parenchyma | x/xx | Noun |
| reverberated | x/xxx | Verb |
| balances | /xx | Verb |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| fly | / | Noun |
| blast | / | Noun |
| dissection | x/x | Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| knocked | / | Verb |
| nucleus | /xx | Noun |
| omnipotence | x/xx | Noun |
| electron | x/x | Noun |
| opposes | x/x | Verb |
| photon | /x | Noun |
| disgust | x/ | Noun |
| jerked | / | Verb |
| absorb | x/ | Verb |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| rocked | / | Verb |
| stretch | / | Noun |
| outward | /x | Adjective |
| wall | / | Noun |
| involuntary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| expiration | xx/x | Noun |
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| attrition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| bending | /x | Noun |
| cooling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| correlation | xx/x | Noun |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| effervescence | xx/x | Noun |
| electrochemical | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| excitation | xx/x | Noun |
| exhaustion | x/x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| fission | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flurry | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fusing | /x | Noun |
| glance | / | Noun, Verb |
| hindsight | /x | Noun |
| ignition | x/x | Noun |
| ionization | xxx/x | Noun |
| letdown | /x | Noun |
| modulation | xx/x | Noun |
| oscillation | xx/x | Noun |
| perturbation | xx/x | Noun |
| photochemical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prostration | x/x | Noun |
| pull | / | Verb, Noun |
| quenching | /x | Noun |
| quickening | /xx | Noun |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| relaxation | xx/x | Noun |
| remorse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| repel | x/ | Verb |
| scattering | /xx | Noun |
| skip | / | Verb, Noun |
| stiffening | /xx | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun, Verb |
| thermionic | /x/x | Adjective |
| yielding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
