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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shirk | / | Verb, Noun |
| shrinking | /x | Noun |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| diminishment | x/xx | Noun |
| retreating | x/x | Verb |
| downsize | /x | Verb |
| turn away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| back away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| decrease | x/ | Noun |
| avoidance | x/x | Noun |
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| dwindle | /x | Verb |
| wimp out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fade away | /xx | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| avoiding | x/x | Verb |
| turn down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cowardice | /xx | Noun |
| cut back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shudder | /x | Noun |
| turn back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| avoidant | x/x | Adjective |
| contraction | x/x | Noun |
| retraction | x/x | Noun |
| retract | x/ | Verb |
| get away | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| cowering | /xx | Noun |
| shunning | /x | Verb |
| cowardly | /xx | Adjective |
| minimizing | /xxx | Verb |
| evaporate | x/xx | Verb |
| constrict | x/ | Verb |
| repulsion | x/x | Noun |
| narrowness | /xx | Noun |
| slip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| shyness | /x | Noun |
| back out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| withdrawal | x/x | Noun |
| scare off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| disengage | xx/ | Verb |
| smallness | /x | Noun |
| back down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| recedes | x/ | Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| deflating | x/x | Verb |
| downgrade | // | Noun |
| leave off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shivering | /xx | Verb |
| coward | /x | Noun |
| abnormally | x/xx | Adverb |
| absoluteness | /xxx | Noun |
| absorbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| addressed | x/ | Adjective |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| against | x/ | Noun |
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun |
| aggressiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ajax | /x | Name |
| alleging | x/x | Noun |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| among | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| analyst | /xx | Noun |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| assertion | x/x | Noun |
| assertiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| astonishingly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| at | / | Noun, Adjective |
| atrophy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| attacking | x/x | Adjective |
| autograph | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| avowal | x/x | Noun |
| barbarians | x/xx | Noun |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| because | x/ | Adverb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| beggar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| being | /x | Noun |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| bleed | / | Verb, Noun |
| bosoms | /x | Noun |
| bourne | / | Name |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| cellophane | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| centimeter | /xxx | Noun |
| centimetre | /xxx | Noun |
| choose | / | Verb, Noun |
| circuiting | /xx | Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| commencing | x/x | Verb |
| composed | x/ | Adjective |
| compress | /x | Verb, Noun |
| concerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| counselor | /xx | Noun |
| cringe | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| curb | / | Noun, Verb |
| curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| dans | / | Verb |
| dated | /x | Adjective |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| des | / | Noun |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| die down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| directed | x/x | Adjective |
| disappear | xx/ | Verb |
| disgust | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| doctor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dogs | / | Noun |
| doubtless | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| drawdown | /x | Noun |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dry up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| during | /x | Noun |
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| extract | /x | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| flex | / | Noun, Verb |
| flinch | / | Verb, Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| funk | / | Noun, Verb |
| gist | / | Noun, Verb |
| grow | / | Verb, Noun |
| hesitate | /xx | Verb |
| inter | x/ | Name, Verb |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| involving | x/x | Verb |
| isometric | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| iv | / | Name, Adjective |
| japan | x/ | Name, Verb |
| japanese | xx/ | Adjective, Name |
| l | x | Noun, Adjective |
| learned | / | Adjective, Noun |
| leave | / | Verb, Noun |
| lessen | /x | Verb |
| lognormal | //x | Adjective, Noun |
| lower | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| melt | / | Verb, Noun |
| miniature | /xxx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mitigate | /xx | Verb |
| most | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| nays | / | Noun |
| nearer | /x | Adjective |
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| once | / | Adverb, Noun |
| origin | /xx | Noun |
| originating | x/xxx | Verb |
| outcome | /x | Noun |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| pair | / | Noun, Verb |
| par | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| para | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| per | / | Adjective, Noun |
| perceive | x/ | Verb |
| perform | x/ | Verb |
| pious | /x | Adjective |
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| provide | x/ | Verb |
| psi | / | Noun |
| psych | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| psychiatric | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| psycho | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| psychoanalyst | xx/xx | Noun |
| psychologist | x/xx | Noun |
| quail | / | Noun, Verb |
| recoil | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| reef | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| regarding | x/x | Noun |
| relative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| repeat | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| rust | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| scaling | /x | Noun |
| see | / | Verb, Noun |
| selections | x/x | Noun |
| selfsame | // | Noun, Adjective |
| share | / | Noun, Verb |
| shorten | /x | Verb, Noun |
| shrug | / | Noun, Verb |
