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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 | 
