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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| recalcitrant | x/xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| disobedient | xx/xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| uncooperative | xx/xxx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| intractable | x/xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| stubborn | /x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| fractious | /x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| carbonaceous | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| obdurate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| treatment | /x  | Noun  | 
| resistant | x/x  | Noun  | 
| chronic | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hypertrophic | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| idiopathic | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| neurogenic | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| coking | /x  | Noun  | 
| insubordinate | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| recurrent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| nodular | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| microcrystalline | /x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| silicic | /xx  | Noun  | 
| malignant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| ceramic | x/x  | Noun  | 
| obstinate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| molten | /x  | Noun  | 
| polymeric | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| furnace | /x  | Noun  | 
| inert | x/  | Adjective  | 
| restive | /x  | Adjective  | 
| perverse | x/  | Adjective  | 
| contrary | /xx  | Noun  | 
| reluctant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| wayward | /x  | Adjective  | 
| rebellious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| untoward | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| diehard | /x  | Adjective  | 
| intransigent | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| intolerant | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| persistent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| inexorable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| difficult | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| abhorrent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| inflexible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| opposed | x/  | Verb  | 
| averse | x/  | Adjective  | 
| sullen | /x  | Adjective  | 
| adverse | x/  | Adjective  | 
| repugnant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| grudging | /x  | Adjective  | 
| firm | /  | Noun  | 
| unruly | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| disinclined | xx/  | Verb  | 
| anti | /x  | Adjective  | 
| uncompromising | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| repulsive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| loath | /  | Adjective  | 
| stuffy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| dissenting | x/x  | Noun  | 
| difficile | /xx  | Noun  | 
| thwart | /  | Verb  | 
| defiant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| surly | /x  | Adjective  | 
| nasty | /x  | Adjective  | 
| deaf | /  | Noun  | 
| affronted | x/x  | Verb  | 
| hard | /  | Adjective  | 
| peevish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| backward | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hostile | /x  | Adjective  | 
| gainful | /x  | Noun  | 
| disaffected | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| fresh | /  | Adjective  | 
| indisposed | xx/  | Verb  | 
| repellent | x/x  | Noun  | 
| awkward | /x  | Adjective  | 
| relentless | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| petulant | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| problem | /x  | Noun  | 
| cantankerous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| relapsed | x/  | Verb  | 
| colitis | /xx  | Verb  | 
| pectoris | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| arthritis | x/x  | Verb  | 
| epilepticus | xx/xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| aml | /x  | Name  | 
| insulating | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| ascites | xx  | Noun  | 
| supraventricular | /xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| chromite | /x  | Noun  | 
| ocd | x  | Name  | 
| wegener | /xx  | Name  | 
| nitrides | /x  | Noun  | 
| linings | /x  | Noun  | 
| itp | /  | Name  | 
| crucibles | /xx  | Noun  | 
| magnesia | x/x  | Noun  | 
| carbides | /x  | Noun  | 
| hodgkin | /x  | Name  | 
| fibromyalgia | x/x/x  | Noun  | 
| polymyositis | xx/x/x  | Noun  | 
| hypoxemia | x//xx  | Noun  | 
| organics | x/x  | Noun  | 
| epilepsy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| rickets | /x  | Noun  | 
| crohn | /  | Name  | 
| angina | x/x  | Noun  | 
| concretes | x/  | Noun  | 
| bricks | /  | Noun  | 
| dom | /  | Noun  | 
| periodontitis | xxx//x  | Noun  | 
| abrasive | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| antiferromagnetic | /xxxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| aplastic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| benchmark | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| catalyst | /xx  | Noun  | 
| condiment | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| diagnosed | xx/  | Verb  | 
| disintegrated | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| febrile | /x  | Adjective  | 
| feedstock | /x  | Noun  | 
| fuel | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hormone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| inactive | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| instrument | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| insulation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| lubricant | /xx  | Noun  | 
| materials | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| medium | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| nonmagnetic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| nonmetallic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| onset | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| plasticizer | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| primer | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| propellant | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| refractive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| remedy | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| resilient | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| sealants | /x  | Noun  | 
| solvent | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| sweetener | /xx  | Noun  | 
| undiagnosed | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| untreated | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| shirtless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
