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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 |
