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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rise | / | Noun, Noun |
| advance | x/ | Noun |
| arise | x/ | Verb |
| climbs | / | Verb, Noun |
| elevate | /xx | Verb |
| ascend | x/ | Verb |
| promote | x/ | Verb |
| lift | / | Noun |
| higher | /x | Adjective |
| get up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| succeed | x/ | Verb |
| get ahead | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rotate | /x | Verb |
| rank | / | Noun |
| level up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| step up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| evolve | x/ | Verb |
| precede | x/ | Verb |
| gain ground | // | Phrase, Verb |
| range | / | Noun |
| scale | / | Noun |
| grow on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| gain | / | Noun |
| raise | / | Verb |
| progress | /x | Noun |
| pick up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| echelons | /xx | Noun |
| take over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| gain on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| graduate | /xx | Noun |
| grow into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| earn | / | Verb |
| ramp up | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| come on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| accede | x/ | Verb |
| rate | / | Noun |
| install | x/ | Verb |
| descend | x/ | Verb |
| brevet | x/ | Noun |
| escalates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| upgrade | x/ | Noun |
| grow up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tower over | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lead | / | Noun |
| perk up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| move ahead | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come after | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| grow out of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| exalt | x/ | Verb |
| emerge | x/ | Verb |
| increase | x/ | Noun |
| proceed | x/ | Verb |
| enlist | x/ | Verb |
| grow | / | Verb |
| come up with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| ladder | /x | Noun |
| reach for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| forward | /x | Adverb |
| come up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| heighten | /x | Verb |
| level | /x | Noun |
| parachute | /xx | Noun |
| attain | x/ | Verb |
| serve | / | Verb |
| uplift | /x | Noun |
| make way | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come | / | Verb |
| gradation | x/x | Noun |
| triumph | /x | Noun |
| reach | / | Noun |
| develop | x/x | Verb |
| stand up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| get in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| work up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| subordinate | x/xx | Adjective |
| spire | / | Noun |
| order | /x | Noun |
| rev up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| thrive | / | Verb |
| jump the queue | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| march | / | Name |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| rule | / | Noun |
| head up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dominate | /xx | Verb |
| aspire | x/ | Verb |
| qualify | /xx | Verb |
| mount | / | Noun |
| prefer | x/ | Verb |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| ratchet up | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| enhance | x/ | Verb |
| pyramid | /xx | Noun |
| ensue | x/ | Noun |
| size | / | Noun |
| create | x/ | Verb |
| increment | /xx | Noun |
| lead up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| come in from the cold | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| improve | x/ | Verb |
| send | / | Verb |
| register | /xx | Noun |
| put up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| look up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| place | / | Noun |
| take root | // | Phrase, Verb |
| springboard | /x | Noun |
| lead the way | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| dignify | /xx | Verb |
| soar | / | Verb |
| break into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| get on to | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| fill | / | Verb |
| give rise to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| work at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| enter | /x | Verb |
| warm | / | Adjective |
| occupy | /xx | Verb |
| organize | /xx | Verb |
| railroad | /x | Noun |
| accrue | x/ | Noun |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| entrench | x/ | Verb |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| expand | x/ | Verb |
| stand | / | Noun |
| inherit | x/x | Verb |
| flourish | /x | Verb |
| take hold | // | Phrase, Verb |
| best | / | Adjective |
| compete | x/ | Verb |
| carve out | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| capstone | /x | Noun |
| take the lead | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| navigate | /xx | Verb |
| recruit | x/ | Noun |
| strengthen | /x | Verb |
| build up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| command | x/ | Noun |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| adopts | x/ | Verb |
| advancement | x/x | Noun |
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| altitude | /xx | Noun |
| amended | x/x | Adjective |
| among | x/ | |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appear | x/ | Verb |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| appreciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| apprentice | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| approval | x/x | Noun |
| approve | x/ | Verb |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arouse | x/ | Verb |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| ascendancy | x/xx | Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| ascension | x/x | Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| assemble | x/x | Verb |
| assistance | x/x | Noun |
| augment | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| augmentation | xx/x | Noun |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| azo | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bands | / | Verb |
| because | x/ | Adverb |
| bedroom | /x | Noun |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| benches | /x | Noun |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| billowed | /x | Verb |
| births | / | Noun |
| bis | / | Noun, Adverb |
| blister | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blocks | / | Noun |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| boost | / | Verb, Noun |
| born | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| bounces | /x | Verb, Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bridges | /x | Noun |
| bristle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| built | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bull | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bureaucrats | /xx | Noun |
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catalogs | /xx | Noun |
| categories | /xxx | Noun |
| categorizes | /xxxx | Verb |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| childbirth | /x | Noun |
| circles | /x | Noun |
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| classifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| classifies | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| classrooms | /x | Noun |
| classy | /x | Adjective |
| clemency | /xx | Noun |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conducted | x/x | Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contingents | x/x | Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cope | / | Verb, Noun |
| corporals | /x | Noun |
| counts | / | Noun |
| couple | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crescendo | x/x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| crime wave | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| dans | / | Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| deceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| declines | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrement | xxx | Noun, Verb |
| deepening | /xx | Noun |
| degrees | x/ | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| details | x/ | Verb |
| development | x/xx | Noun |
| dignitaries | /xxx | Noun |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| directly | x/x | Adverb |
| disclose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doe | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| done | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| door | / | Noun, Verb |
| dorsal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| downslope | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| draw up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| due | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| duplex | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| during | /x | Noun |
| elevation | xx/x | Noun |
| emergence | x/x | Noun |
| enacted | x/x | Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| endorsed | x/ | Adjective |
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| exacerbation | xxx/x | Noun |
| executives | x/xx | Noun |
| expansion | x/x | Noun |
| extension | x/x | Noun |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| falls | / | Noun |
| feasible | /xx | Adjective |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| file | / | Noun, Verb |
| finished | /x | Adjective |
| fixes | /x | Verb, Noun |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| foot | / | Noun, Verb |
| footer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
