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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pithy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| aphorisms | /xxx | Noun |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| reproachful | x/x | Adjective |
| glib | / | Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| querulous | /xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| scornful | /x | Adjective |
| contemptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| commonplaces | /xxx | Noun |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| oracular | /xxx | Adjective |
| florid | /x | Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective |
| compact | /x | Noun |
| sterile | /x | Adjective |
| curt | / | Noun |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| telegraphic | /xxx | Noun |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| smart | / | Name |
| trenchant | /x | Adjective |
| elliptical | x/xx | Adjective |
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective |
| pungent | /x | Adjective |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| punctilious | x/xx | Adjective |
| narrow | /x | Adjective |
| lightweight | // | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| scholastic | x/x | Noun |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| conceited | x/x | Adjective |
| facetious | x/x | Adjective |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| verbose | x/ | Adjective |
| copious | /xx | Adjective |
| pontifical | x/xx | Name |
| moralizing | /xxx | Noun |
| brevity | /xx | Noun |
| maxims | /x | Noun |
| sayings | /x | Noun |
| platitudes | /xx | Noun |
| couplets | /x | Noun |
| pronouncements | x/x | Noun |
| utterances | /xxx | Noun |
| remarks | x/ | Noun |
| precepts | /x | Noun |
| phrases | /x | Noun |
| speeches | /x | Noun |
| wisdom | /x | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| reflections | x/x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| verses | /x | Noun |
| passages | /xx | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| obscurely | x/x | Adverb |
| oracle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| prophetic | x/x | Adjective |
| solemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| terse | / | Adjective |
| uttering | /xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
