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WordSyllablesCategories
conviction
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Noun, Noun
condemn
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Noun, Verb
doom
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Verb, Noun
time
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Noun, Noun
acquittal
x/x
Noun, Noun
preposition
xx/x
Noun
paragraph
/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun
word
/
Noun
nominalization
/xxx/x
Noun
rephrase
x/
Verb
punctuation
xx/x
Noun
prison
/x
Noun
syllable
/xx
Noun
imprisonment
x/xx
Noun
utterance
/xx
Noun
grammar
/x
Noun
sentential
x/x
Adjective
probation
x/x
Noun
punishment
/xx
Noun
statement
/x
Noun
indictment
x/x
Noun
pronouncement
x/x
Noun
predicate
/xx
Noun
adjective
/xx
Noun
comma
/x
Noun
meaning
/x
Noun
participial
x/xxx
Adjective
verdict
/x
Noun
description
x/x
Noun
text
/
Noun
headline
/x
Noun
grammatically
x/xx
Adverb
vocabulary
x/xxx
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
term
/
Noun
summation
x/x
Noun
quotation
x/x
Noun
clause
/
Noun
gerund
/x
Noun
letter
/x
Noun
guilty
/x
Adjective
death sentence
//x
Phrase, Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
jury trial
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
hung jury
//x
Phrase, Noun
life sentence
//x
Phrase, Noun
decision
x/x
Noun
jury
/x
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
mistrial
x/x
Noun
summons
/x
Noun
not guilty
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
trial by jury
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
arraignment
x/x
Noun
detention
x/x
Noun
accusation
xx/x
Noun
day in court
/x/
Phrase, Noun
court appearance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
justice
/x
Noun
tales
/
Noun
bill of attainder
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
true bill
//
Phrase, Noun
death
/
Noun
charge
/
Noun
panel
/x
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
death penalty
//xx
Phrase, Noun
plaint
/
Noun
plea bargaining
//xx
Phrase, Noun, Verb
inquest
/x
Noun
dismissal
x/x
Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
death warrant
//x
Phrase, Noun
bench warrant
//x
Phrase, Noun
plea
/
Noun
colloquy
/xx
Noun
moot
/
Noun
no contest
//x
Phrase, Noun
square
/
Noun
criminal procedure
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
deadline
/x
Noun
debate
x/
Noun
police court
x//
Phrase, Noun
corpus delicti
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
respite
/x
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
traffic ticket
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
litigation
xx/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb
count
/
Noun
crime
/
Noun
needle
/x
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
attainder
x/x
Noun
miscarriage of justice
x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
lawsuit
/x
Noun
stand
/
Noun
libel
/x
Noun
test case
//
Phrase, Noun
contest
/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun
slaughter
/x
Noun
pretrial
x/x
Adjective
kangaroo court
xx//
Phrase, Noun
accusing
x/x
Verb
allegation
xx/x
Noun
contempt of court
x///
Phrase, Noun
parse
/
Noun
commutation
xx/x
Noun
commute
x/
Noun
excommunication
xxxx/x
Noun
topic
/x
Adjective
ungrammatical
xx/xx
Adjective
declarative
x/xx
Adjective
completes
x/
Noun
uttered
/x
Adjective
syntactically
//xxx
Adverb
banishment
/xx
Noun
martial
/x
Noun
interrogative
xx/xx
Adjective
translate
x/
Adverb
lenient
/xx
Adjective
mitigation
xx/x
Noun
pronouncing
x/x
Verb
indeterminate
xx/xx
Adjective
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
undecidable
xx/xx
Adjective
fine
/
Noun
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
assent
x/
Noun, Verb
award
x/
Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
briefer
/x
Noun
brow
/
Noun, Verb
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
catchphrase
//
Noun
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
comb
/
Noun, Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
compose
x/
Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
constituent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
convict
/x
Verb, Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
deplores
x/
Verb
dictum
/x
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
dom
/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
english
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
excerpt
/x
Noun, Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
garbled
/x
Adjective
gibberish
/xx
Noun, Adjective
governance
/xx
Noun
governing
/xx
Noun
government
/xx
Noun
grief
/
Noun, Verb
hanged
/
Adjective
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
hardly
/x
Adverb
heartache
/x
Noun
hydrogen
/xx
Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
incarceration
xxx/x
Noun
inter
x/
Name, Verb
interrogation
xxx/x
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
italicized
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
jail
/
Noun, Verb
judge
/
Noun, Verb
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
knell
/
Noun, Verb
laconic
x/x
Adjective
language
/x
Noun, Verb
lemma
/x
Noun
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
marginally
/xxx
Adverb
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
noun
/
Noun, Verb
offence
x/
Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
penal
/x
Adjective
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
phase
/
Noun, Verb
pithy
/x
Adjective
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
prayer
/
Noun
proposal
x/x
Noun
proposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
punishable
/xxx
Adjective
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quote
/
Noun, Verb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
reads
/
Verb
referee
xx/
Noun, Verb
regret
x/
Noun, Verb
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
reprieve
x/
Noun, Verb
rule
/
Noun, Verb
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sanction
/x
Noun, Verb
saying
/x
Noun
scarcely
/x
Adverb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
shame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slightly
/x
Adverb
slogan
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sorrow
/x
Noun, Verb
sorry
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
strike
/
Noun, Verb
string
/
Noun, Verb
structure
/x
Noun, Verb
struggling
/xx
Noun
subparagraph
x/xx
Noun, Verb
succinct
x/
Adjective
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tango
/x
Noun, Verb
terse
/
Adjective
thing
/
Noun, Verb
trial
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
trouble
/x
Noun, Verb
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
verse
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
worship
/x
Noun, Verb
worth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
worthwhile
//
Adjective
worthy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
written
/x
Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
cloth
/
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb