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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| question | /x | Noun, Noun |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| deliberative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| appeal | x/ | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| aporia | x/xx | Noun |
| begging the question | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| parenthesis | x/xx | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| riddle | /x | Noun |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| climax | /x | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| innuendo | xx/x | Noun |
| narration | x/x | Noun |
| colon | /x | Noun |
| logos | /x | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| oratory | /xxx | Noun |
| text | / | Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| deed | / | Noun |
| vocative | /xx | Noun |
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| taxis | /x | Noun |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| title | /x | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| dummy | /x | Noun |
| adjunct | /x | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| comparison | x/xx | Noun |
| soliloquy | x/xx | Noun |
| hedging | /x | Noun |
| persuasion | x/x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| phrasing | /x | Noun |
| quoting | /x | Verb |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| point of view | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| anaphora | x/xx | Noun |
| colloquy | /xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| what | / | Adverb, Noun |
| juxtaposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| acts | / | Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| affirming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| agenda | x/x | Noun |
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| architectonic | xx//x | Adjective, Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| asia | /x | Name |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beg | / | Verb, Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bravura | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| causa | /x | Adjective |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| caveat | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| ceremony | /xxx | Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| check out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| choreographic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| coin | / | Noun, Verb |
| comedic | x/x | Adjective |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| communicative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consider | x/x | Verb |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| contest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| convincing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| debrief | x/ | Verb |
| deconstructive | xx/x | Adjective |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| dimension | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| discuss | x/ | Verb |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distrust | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dossier | x/ | Noun |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| dramaturgical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| duda | /x | Name |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| easiest | /xx | Adjective |
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| embellished | x/x | Adjective |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| enquire | x/x | Verb |
| enquiry | x/x | Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exaggeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| examination | xxx/x | Noun |
| examine | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| fact | / | Noun |
| feel out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| file | / | Noun, Verb |
| finesse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| flowery | /xx | Adjective |
| forensic | x/x | Adjective |
| formality | x/xx | Noun |
| frage | x | Name |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hand | / | Noun, Verb |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hearty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hermeneutic | x//x | Adjective, Noun |
| hesitation | xx/x | Noun |
| hour | /x | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun |
| inquire | x/ | Verb |
| inquiry | x/x | Noun |
| instruction | x/x | Noun |
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| interpellation | x/x/x | Noun |
| interrogation | xxx/x | Noun |
| interview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| inversion | x/x | Noun |
| involved | x/ | Adjective |
| issue | /x | Noun, Verb |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| jeopardise | /xx | Verb |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| journalist | /xx | Noun |
| know | / | Verb, Noun |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| learn | / | Verb, Noun |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literary | /xxx | Adjective |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| matter of fact | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| matter of law | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| mention | /x | Verb, Noun |
| motion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| musical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| novelistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| oral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| oratorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ornate | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| owing | /x | Adjective |
| paragraph | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pedagogic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pedagogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pedantry | /xx | Noun |
| pencil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Adjective |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| postulate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| presentational | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| pump | / | Noun, Verb |
