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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| review | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| look back | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hindsight | /x | Noun |
| retrospection | xx/x | Noun |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| prescient | /xx | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| realize | /xx | Verb |
| understandable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| realization | /x/x | Noun |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| surprising | x/x | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| epiphany | x/xx | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| misstep | x/ | Noun |
| frankly | /x | Adverb |
| though | / | Adverb |
| fact | / | Noun |
| thought | / | Noun |
| miscalculation | x/x/x | Noun |
| ironically | x/xx | Adverb |
| gratifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| revelatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sense | / | Noun |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| instructive | x/x | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| debatable | x/xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| blunder | /x | Noun |
| surmise | x/ | Noun |
| revelation | xx/x | Noun |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| opportune | xx/ | Adjective |
| case | / | Noun |
| comparison | x/xx | Noun |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| observation | xx/x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun |
| admittedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| disappointment | xx/x | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| retrospectively | xx/xx | Adverb |
| astonishing | x/xx | Adjective |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| wonder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| flashback | /x | Noun |
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| fiasco | x/x | Noun |
| foresight | /x | Noun |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| felicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| mattered | /x | Verb |
| arguable | /xxx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| latter | /x | Noun |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| comical | /xx | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| honestly | /xx | Adverb |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| guess | / | Noun |
| recollecting | xx/x | Verb |
| letdown | /x | Noun |
| regression | x/x | Noun |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| reminiscence | xx/x | Noun |
| throwback | /x | Noun |
| hark back | // | Name, Verb, Name |
| reconsideration | xxxx/x | Noun |
| retroactivity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| reversion | x/x | Noun |
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun |
| revisit | x/x | Verb |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| regress | /x | Noun |
| rethink | x/ | Verb |
| retracing | x/x | Verb |
| afterthought | /xx | Noun |
| step back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| rumination | xx/x | Noun |
| backtrack | /x | Noun |
| mcnamara | /xxx | Name |
| ugarit | x/x | Name |
| lysosome | /xx | Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun |
| reissue | x/x | Noun |
| schlesinger | /xx | Name |
| totem | /x | Noun |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| ida | /x | Name |
| grander | /x | Adjective |
| picasso | x/x | Name |
| cosmology | x/xx | Noun |
| appears | x/ | Noun |
| roosevelt | /xx | Name |
| keynes | / | Name |
| despondency | x/xx | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective |
| researches | x/x | Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Adjective |
| travel | /x | Noun |
| multiples | /xx | Noun |
| fond | / | Adjective |
| mozart | /x | Name |
| calm | / | Adjective |
| dogmas | /x | Noun |
| careers | x/ | Noun |
| taboo | x/ | Noun |
| tempting | /x | Verb |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| aware | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| doubtless | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| excursion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fortnight | /x | Noun |
| greeks | / | Name |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| journey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| let | / | Verb, Noun |
| list | / | Noun, Verb |
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| musing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| preface | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prologue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| recital | x/x | Noun |
| remembrance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| respite | /x | Noun, Verb |
| reverie | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| thrilling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| whilst | / | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
