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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| ware | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| shrink from | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shun | / | Noun |
| responsibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| eschew | x/ | Verb |
| forsake | x/ | Verb |
| repudiate | x/xx | Verb |
| renounce | x/ | Verb |
| absolve | x/ | Verb |
| forgo | x/ | Verb |
| evade | x/ | Verb |
| neglecting | x/x | Verb |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| abandon | x/x | Verb |
| shouldering | /xx | Verb |
| denounce | x/ | Verb |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| renege | x/ | Verb |
| undertake | /xx | Verb |
| abjure | // | Verb |
| relinquish | x/x | Verb |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| overlook | /xx | Verb |
| ascribe | x/ | Verb |
| ignore | x/ | Verb |
| abrogate | /xx | Verb |
| downplay | /x | Verb |
| commit | x/ | Verb |
| forego | x/ | Verb |
| succumb | x/ | Verb |
| spurn | / | Verb |
| confront | x/ | Verb |
| dare | / | Verb |
| embrace | x/ | Noun |
| transgress | x/ | Verb |
| loath | / | Adjective |
| tackle | /x | Noun |
| accuse | x/ | Verb |
| uphold | x/ | Verb |
| usurp | x/ | Verb |
| feign | / | Verb |
| disavow | xx/ | Verb |
| indulge | x/ | Verb |
| deride | x/ | Verb |
| disregard | xx/ | Noun |
| unafraid | xx/ | Adjective |
| impose | x/ | Verb |
| abhor | x/ | Verb |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| relish | /x | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| negate | x/ | Verb |
| slack | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| chide | / | Verb |
| deny | x/ | Verb |
| chastise | x/ | Verb |
| partake | x/ | Verb |
| accept | x/ | Verb |
| manfully | /xx | Adverb |
| sidestep | /x | Verb |
| doing | /x | Verb |
| incur | x/ | Verb |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| decry | x/ | Verb |
| unmindful | x/x | Adjective |
| defy | x/ | Verb |
| perpetrate | /xx | Verb |
| entail | x/ | Verb |
| demur | x/ | Noun |
| lest | / | Adjective |
| banish | /x | Verb |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| scorning | /x | Verb |
| avow | x/ | Verb |
| disclaim | x/ | Verb |
| refraining | x/x | Verb |
| disown | x/ | Verb |
| temptation | x/x | Noun |
| fulfil | x/ | Verb |
| wriggle out of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| elude | x/ | Verb |
| shuck | / | Noun |
| shrug off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shrink | / | Verb |
| ditch | / | Noun |
| take off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| swerve | / | Noun |
| duck | / | Noun |
| put off | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| blink | / | Noun |
| pass up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| miss | / | Name |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| skirt | / | Noun |
| shed | / | Verb |
| slough | / | Noun |
| remit | x/ | Noun |
| hedge | / | Noun |
| shoo | / | Noun |
| withhold | x/ | Verb |
| chopping | /x | Verb |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| incentive | x/x | Noun |
| asserting | x/x | Verb |
| never | /x | Adverb |
| inclined | x/ | Verb |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun |
| tempted | /x | Verb |
| disposed | x/ | Verb |
| chores | / | Noun |
| neither | /x | Adverb |
| inclination | xx/x | Noun |
| propensity | x/xx | Noun |
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb |
| task | / | Noun |
| absentees | xx/ | Noun |
| accessions | x/x | Noun |
| bedlam | /x | Noun |
| benefice | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| bombshell | /x | Noun |
| bonanza | x/x | Noun |
| bugs | / | Adjective |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bypass | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cadences | /xx | Noun |
| circumvent | xx/ | Verb |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| deprive | x/ | Verb |
| derogate | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| disengage | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| dodge | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| finesse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| flee | / | Verb |
| fudge | / | Noun, Verb |
| glutton | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| obviate | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| steal | / | Verb, Noun |
| subtract | x/ | Verb |
| troublemaker | /xxx | Noun |
| withdraw | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| southend | /x | Name |
