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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| meager | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| bare | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| spare | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| panty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| meagre | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| sparse | / | Adjective | 
| skimpy | /x | Adjective | 
| scarce | / | Adjective | 
| copious | /xx | Adjective | 
| patchy | /x | Adjective | 
| paucity | /xx | Noun | 
| profuse | x/ | Adjective | 
| bountiful | /xx | Noun | 
| spotty | /x | Adjective | 
| ample | /x | Adjective | 
| fragmentary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| desultory | /xxx | Adjective | 
| sketchy | /x | Adjective | 
| pallid | /x | Adjective | 
| luxuriant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| threadbare | /x | Adjective | 
| modest | /x | Adjective | 
| comparatively | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| cursory | /xx | Adjective | 
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| adequate | /xx | Adjective | 
| trifling | /x | Adjective | 
| abundant | x/x | Adjective | 
| profusion | x/x | Noun | 
| pickings | /x | Noun | 
| voluminous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| furnishes | /xx | Verb | 
| supplementary | xx/xx | Noun | 
| dense | / | Adjective | 
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective | 
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| straitened | /x | Adjective | 
| underclothes | /x/ | Noun | 
| lacking | /x | Verb | 
| disconcertingly | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| choicest | /x | Adjective | 
| smattering | /xx | Noun | 
| paltry | /x | Adjective | 
| creditable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| deficient | x/x | Adjective | 
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective | 
| plentiful | /xx | Adjective | 
| superfluity | /x/xx | Noun | 
| evidences | /xxx | Noun | 
| replete | x/ | Adverb | 
| scattered | /x | Adjective | 
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| corroborative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| disputable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| tantalizing | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dearth | / | Noun | 
| substantial | x/x | Adjective | 
| titillating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| obscure | x/ | Adjective | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective | 
| limited | /xx | Adjective | 
| thin | / | Adjective | 
| judicious | x/x | Adjective | 
| remunerative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| florid | /x | Adjective | 
| satisfactory | xx/x | Adjective | 
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| conflicting | x/x | Adjective | 
| procure | x/ | Verb | 
| indeterminate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| straggling | /xx | Noun | 
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective | 
| incontestable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| ragged | /x | Adjective | 
| cheerless | /x | Adjective | 
| accumulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| ascertain | xx/ | Verb | 
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective | 
| multitudinous | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| dismal | /x | Adjective | 
| short | / | Adjective | 
| stingy | /x | Adjective | 
| light | / | Noun | 
| scare | / | Noun | 
| measly | /x | Adjective | 
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective | 
| poor | / | Adjective | 
| weak | / | Adjective | 
| sickly | /x | Adjective | 
| truncated | /xx | Adjective | 
| underused | xx/ | Adjective | 
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective | 
| minced | / | Adjective | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective | 
| vague | / | Adjective | 
| slight | / | Adjective | 
| few and far between | ///x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| rare | / | Adjective | 
| pittance | /x | Noun | 
| herbage | /x | Noun | 
| pubic | /x | Noun | 
| bikinis | x/x | Noun | 
| cytoplasm | /xxx | Noun | 
| larder | /x | Noun | 
| menses | /x | Noun | 
| subsistence | x/x | Noun | 
| rill | / | Noun | 
| pasturage | /xx | Noun | 
| menstruation | xx/x | Noun | 
| urination | /x/x | Noun | 
| loincloth | /x | Noun | 
| rations | /x | Noun | 
| wardrobe | /x | Noun | 
| endosperm | /xx | Noun | 
| sputum | /x | Noun | 
| dole | / | Noun | 
| livelihood | /xx | Noun | 
| urine | /x | Noun | 
| rainfall | /x | Noun | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| cloudy | /x | Adjective | 
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| docs | / | Noun | 
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| inconclusive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| motionless | /xx | Adjective | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| read | / | Verb, Noun | 
| scrawny | /x | Adjective | 
| serve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective | 
| skinny | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| tending | /x | Noun | 
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| uncommon | x/x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| watery | /xx | Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
