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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| terror | /x | Noun, Noun |
| bane | / | Noun, Noun |
| curse | / | Noun, Noun |
| nemesis | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| threat | / | Noun, Noun |
| plague | / | Noun |
| menace | /x | Noun |
| blight | / | Noun |
| epidemic | xx/x | Noun |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| pestilence | /xx | Noun |
| ravage | /x | Noun |
| eradicate | x/xx | Verb |
| evils | /x | Noun |
| malady | /xx | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| crusade | x/ | Noun |
| infestation | x//x | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun |
| abomination | xxx/x | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pandemic | x/x | Noun |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| vanquish | /x | Verb |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Verb |
| ills | / | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| incurable | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| depredations | xx/x | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| chronic | /x | Adjective |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| ruination | /x/x | Noun |
| fiends | / | Noun |
| ridding | /x | Verb |
| dreaded | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| leprosy | /xx | Noun |
| pest | / | Noun |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| demon | /x | Noun |
| marauding | x/x | Adjective |
| bubonic | x/x | Noun |
| addiction | x/x | Noun |
| besetting | x/x | Verb |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| malaria | x/xx | Noun |
| dangers | /x | Noun |
| abhorrence | x/x | Noun |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| filth | / | Noun |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| cure | / | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| rampaging | /xx | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| undead | xx | Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| monster | /x | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| killers | /x | Noun |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| vermin | /x | Noun |
| spectre | /x | Noun |
| slavery | /xx | Noun |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| tormentor | /xx | Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective |
| irritant | /xx | Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun |
| poison | /x | Noun |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| brunt | / | Noun |
| incubus | /xx | Noun |
| gangrene | /x | Noun |
| scorn | / | Noun |
| cancer | /x | Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ruin | /x | Noun |
| hassle | /x | Noun |
| beast | / | Noun |
| sour | /x | Adjective |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| ulcer | /x | Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| gall | / | Noun |
| displeasure | x/x | Noun |
| scar | / | Noun |
| albatross | /xx | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| fury | /x | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| annoy | x/ | Verb |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| insult | x/ | Noun |
| eyesore | /x | Noun |
| wormwood | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| fiercely | /x | Adverb |
| villainy | /xx | Noun |
| swastika | /xx | Noun |
| overflowing | /xxx | Adjective |
| prynne | / | Name |
| pankhurst | /x | Name |
| foley | /x | Name |
| thongs | / | Noun |
| brodie | /x | Name |
| smallpox | /x | Noun |
| scurvy | /x | Noun |
| cords | / | Noun |
| aids | / | Noun, Adjective |
| amongst | x/ | |
| anathema | x/xx | Noun |
| axe | / | Noun, Verb |
| baggage | /x | Noun |
| beach | / | Noun, Verb |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| blot | / | Noun, Verb |
| butcher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cataclysm | /xxx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| chastise | x/ | Verb |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| flog | / | Verb, Noun |
| folding | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fur | / | Noun, Verb |
| glare | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| havoc | /x | Noun, Verb |
| incense | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| lever | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| litter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| molest | x/ | Verb |
| nitrogen | /xx | Noun |
| nitrous | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| parasol | xxx | Noun, Verb |
| phenomenon | x/xx | Noun |
| pike | / | Noun, Verb |
| plough | / | Noun, Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| quiver | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| rib | / | Noun, Verb |
| sandal | /x | Noun |
| shy | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sin | / | Noun, Verb |
| smite | / | Verb, Noun |
| stain | / | Noun, Verb |
| stigma | /x | Noun |
| stupid | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| succession | x/x | Noun |
| sword | / | Noun, Verb |
| tale | / | Noun, Verb |
| tempest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| temptation | x/x | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| torment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| trafficking | /xx | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| vice | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| whip | / | Noun, Verb |
| woe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| wound | / | Noun, Verb |
| yoke | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
