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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| regressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| regressing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb | 
| backward | /x | Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| retreat | x/ | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| declining | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| rehash | x/ | Noun, Verb, Noun | 
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| failing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| anterograde | x/xx | Noun, Noun | 
| antegrade | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| ascendant | x/x | Noun | 
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun | 
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective | 
| transiting | /xx | Noun | 
| orbit | /x | Noun | 
| planetary | /xxx | Noun | 
| archaic | x/x | Name | 
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective | 
| trine | / | Noun | 
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective | 
| venus | /x | Name | 
| reverse | x/ | Noun | 
| destructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| progressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| heliocentric | xxx/x | Noun | 
| chauvinistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| uranus | /xx | Name | 
| sclerotic | x/x | Noun | 
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| fixation | x/x | Noun | 
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| interplanetary | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| polarity | x/xx | Noun | 
| revolutionary | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| retentive | x/x | Adjective | 
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective | 
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective | 
| misogynistic | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| chiron | xx | Name | 
| cerebral | /xx | Adjective | 
| abortive | x/x | Adjective | 
| back | / | Adverb | 
| recede | x/ | Verb | 
| retrospective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| reverted | x/x | Verb | 
| rearward | /x | Adjective | 
| retro | /x | Noun | 
| recessive | x/x | Adjective | 
| reversal | x/x | Noun | 
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective | 
| backsliding | /xx | Noun | 
| retroactive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| reentrant | x/x | Adjective | 
| reversionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| to and fro | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| reverberate | x/xx | Noun | 
| reorient | x/xx | Verb | 
| retracted | x/x | Verb | 
| reflective | x/x | Adjective | 
| reflected | x/x | Verb | 
| resurgent | x/x | Noun | 
| back to front | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| prodigal | /xx | Noun | 
| restorative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| recursive | x/x | Adjective | 
| rearview | /x | Noun | 
| realigning | xx/x | Verb | 
| lent | / | Verb | 
| amnesia | x/x | Noun | 
| ejaculation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| tracing | /x | Verb | 
| vernier | /xx | Noun | 
| axonal | /xx | Noun | 
| ivp | / | Name | 
| conduction | x/x | Noun | 
| metamorphism | xx/xx | Noun | 
| menstruation | xx/x | Noun | 
| nailing | /x | Noun | 
| tracer | /x | Noun | 
| intussusception | x/x/x | Noun | 
| turns | / | Verb | 
| acting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| assembling | x/xx | Noun | 
| baking | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| becoming | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| calculation | xx/x | Noun | 
| centripetal | /x/x | Adjective | 
| come along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| come on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| computation | xx/x | Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crooked | /x | Adjective | 
| darkness | /x | Noun | 
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| downward | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| drop off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| expansionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| fade | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| fall back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| harvesting | /xx | Noun | 
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| killing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| leftward | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| lift | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| onward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| oscillatory | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| outdated | /xx | Adjective | 
| phasic | /x | Adjective | 
| progress | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| proving | /x | Noun | 
| rapid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| rejects | x/ | Verb | 
| rhythmical | /xx | Adjective | 
| sequential | x/x | Adjective | 
| shape up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| winding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
