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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| outgoing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unassuming | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| modest | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| past | / | Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| preceding | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| unobtrusive | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| receding | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| retreating | x/x | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| progress | /x | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| get up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| march on | // | Name, Verb |
| move on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pass on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| turn out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| retirement | x/xx | Noun |
| resigning | x/x | Verb |
| retiree | x// | Noun |
| quitting | /x | Verb |
| downsizing | /xx | Noun |
| joining | /x | Verb |
| returning | x/x | Verb |
| rejoining | x/x | Verb |
| replacing | x/x | Verb |
| departing | x/x | Verb |
| transitioning | x/xx | Verb |
| relocating | x/xx | Verb |
| graduating | /xxx | Verb |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| vacating | /xx | Verb |
| leaving | /x | Verb |
| starting | /x | Verb |
| tenured | /x | Adjective |
| prematurely | xx/x | Adverb |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| relinquishing | x/xx | Verb |
| emigrating | /xxx | Verb |
| postponing | x/x | Verb |
| abandoning | x/xx | Verb |
| moving | /x | Verb |
| disbanding | x/x | Noun |
| withdrawing | x/x | Verb |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| liquidating | /xxx | Verb |
| pensionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| announcing | x/x | Verb |
| staying | /x | Verb |
| working | /x | Verb |
| succeeding | x/x | Verb |
| emeritus | x/xx | Noun |
| exiting | /xx | Verb |
| ousting | /x | Noun |
| declining | x/x | Verb |
| resignation | xx/x | Noun |
| gone | / | Verb |
| becoming | x/x | Verb |
| marrying | /xx | Verb |
| arriving | x/x | Verb |
| disappearing | xx/x | Verb |
| passing | /x | Noun |
| discontinuing | xx/xx | Verb |
| deferring | x/x | Verb |
| dissuaded | x/x | Verb |
| veteran | /xx | Noun |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| widowed | /x | Adjective |
| divesting | x/x | Verb |
| entering | /xx | Verb |
| buying | /x | Noun |
| switching | /x | Noun |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| appointing | x/x | Verb |
| reassigned | xx/ | Verb |
| ditching | /x | Noun |
| filling | /x | Noun |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| electing | x/x | Verb |
| investing | x/x | Noun |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| schizoid | /x | Noun |
| closeted | /xx | Adjective |
| celibate | /xx | Noun |
| solipsistic | x/xx | Adjective |
| romantic | x/x | Adjective |
| egoistic | /x/x | Adjective |
| individualistic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| asocial | /xx | Adjective |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| phobic | /x | Adjective |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| mentally ill | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun |
| councillors | /xx | Noun |
| partner | /x | Noun |
| allowances | x/xx | Noun |
| member | /x | Noun |
| age | / | Noun |
| room | / | Noun |
| bell | / | Noun |
| temperament | /xx | Noun |
| judge | / | Noun |
| columns | /x | Noun |
| scholar | /x | Noun |
| officers | /xx | Noun |
| personality | xx/xx | Noun |
| habits | /x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| managers | /xx | Noun |
| officials | x/x | Noun |
| nature | /x | Noun |
| benefits | /xx | Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective |
| undefeated | xx/x | Adjective |
| boomers | /x | Noun |
| batters | /x | Noun |
| seaside | /x | Noun |
| greenbacks | /x | Noun |
| fogs | / | Noun |
| bethought | /x | Verb |
| military | /xxx | Adjective |
| incumbent | x/x | Noun |
| coached | / | Verb |
| shy | / | Adjective |
| bed | / | Verb |
| boxing | /x | Verb |
| modesty | /xx | Noun |
| deliberate | x/xx | Verb |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| devoting | x/x | Verb |
| emptying | /xx | Verb |
| moderator | /xxx | Noun |
| auditor | /xx | Noun |
| baseball | // | Noun |
| rest | / | Verb |
| ebb | / | Noun |
| sullenly | /xx | Adverb |
| seclusion | x/x | Noun |
| ceo | /x/ | Name |
| federals | /xx | Name |
| farmed | / | Verb |
| governorship | /xxx | Noun |
| rising | /x | Verb |
| arising | x/x | Verb |
| cohorts | /x | Noun |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| backstage | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| carefree | /x | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| decorous | /xx | Adjective |
| demure | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| emerging | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| escaping | x/x | Noun |
| gregarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| likable | /xx | Adjective |
| likeable | /xx | Adjective |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| outbound | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| outflow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| projection | x/x | Noun |
| protruding | x/x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| quarrelsome | /xx | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| ret | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| scrap | / | Noun, Verb |
| sociable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sunrise | /x | Noun, Verb |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| unpretentious | xx/x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
