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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 | 
