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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| short | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| briefest | /x | Adjective |
| longish | /x | Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective |
| scant | / | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| given | /x | Verb |
| harangue | x/ | Noun |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| shortened | /x | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| snappy | /x | Adjective |
| encomium | x/xx | Noun |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| mercifully | /xxx | Adverb |
| shortness | /x | Noun |
| lengthened | /x | Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Noun |
| reprieve | x/ | Noun |
| abbreviated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun |
| lowdown | /x | Noun |
| disquisition | xx/x | Noun |
| winded | /x | Adjective |
| curt | / | Noun |
| length | / | Noun |
| shor | / | Name |
| deserving | x/x | Noun |
| broad | / | Adjective |
| brevity | /xx | Noun |
| explication | xx/x | Noun |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| cogent | /x | Adjective |
| confession | x/x | Noun |
| penance | /x | Noun |
| short shrift | // | Phrase, Noun |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| penitent | /xx | Noun |
| invitation | xx/x | Noun |
| purification | xxx/x | Noun |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| confessor | x/x | Noun |
| absolution | xx/x | Noun |
| piety | /xx | Noun |
| practice | /x | Noun |
| penitential | xx/x | Noun |
| renunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| act of faith | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| repenting | x/x | Noun |
| sermon | /x | Noun |
| apostasy | xxxx | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| devotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| recession | x/x | Noun |
| testimony | /xxx | Noun |
| offering | /xx | Noun |
| religion | x/x | Noun |
| schism | /x | Noun |
| immunity | x/xx | Noun |
| rite | / | Noun |
| scandal | /x | Noun |
| tithing | /x | Noun |
| reconciliation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| worshipping | /xx | Verb |
| ordinance | /xx | Noun |
| praying | /x | Verb |
| blasphemy | /xx | Noun |
| devotion | x/x | Noun |
| fast | / | Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| sacrament | /xx | Noun |
| remission | x/x | Noun |
| pension | /x | Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| convent | /x | Noun |
| ruth | / | Name |
| prayer | / | Noun |
| abstinence | /xx | Noun |
| ignorance | /xx | Noun |
| creed | / | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun |
| restoration | xx/x | Noun |
| sheep | / | Noun |
| colloquy | /xx | Noun |
| sanctification | xxx/x | Noun |
| observance | x/x | Noun |
| prostration | x/x | Noun |
| prayer meeting | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| presentment | x/x | Noun |
| preaching | /x | Noun |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| secret | /x | Noun |
| reverence | /xx | Noun |
| convocation | xx/x | Noun |
| alternation | /xxx | Noun |
| faith | / | Noun |
| consistory | x/xx | Noun |
| cursus | /x | Noun |
| celebration | xx/x | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| rope | / | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| got | / | Verb |
| receives | x/ | Verb |
| kind | / | Noun |
| expect | x/ | Verb |
| makes | / | Verb |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| ceremony | /xxx | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| everyone | /xx | Adjective |
| everything | /xx | Adjective |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| notice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| sir | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tack | / | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| time | / | Noun, Verb |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
