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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| spooky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| excitable | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| leery | /x | Adjective |
| jumpy | /x | Adjective |
| fidgety | /xx | Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| twitchy | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| antsy | /x | Adjective |
| frisky | /x | Noun |
| panicky | /xx | Adjective |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| scared | / | Verb |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| timorous | /xx | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| bashful | /x | Adjective |
| paranoid | /xx | Noun |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| coquettish | x/x | Adjective |
| flustered | /x | Verb |
| cautious | /x | Adjective |
| unnerved | x/ | Adjective |
| sheepish | /x | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| lethargic | x/x | Adjective |
| worried | /x | Verb |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| skittering | /xx | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| sanguine | /x | Adjective |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| nonchalant | xx/ | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| wavering | /xx | Noun |
| irate | x/ | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| placid | /x | Adjective |
| complacent | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| feral | /x | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| fragile | /x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| meticulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| prickly | /x | Adjective |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| startling | /x | Adjective |
| hairy | /x | Adjective |
| intrepid | x/x | Noun |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| bristly | /x | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| feared | / | Verb |
| scratchy | /x | Adjective |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| aghast | x/ | Adjective |
| mousy | /x | Noun |
| skeptical | /xx | Adjective |
| daring | /x | Adjective |
| scarry | /x | Name |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| nimble | /x | Adjective |
| weakly | /x | Adverb |
| guarded | /x | Verb |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| colt | / | Noun |
| filly | /x | Noun |
| mare | / | Noun |
| horse | / | Noun |
| mount | / | Noun |
| pony | /x | Noun |
| stallion | /x | Noun |
| deer | / | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun |
| cat | / | Noun |
| investors | x/x | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| acting | /x | Verb |
| fish | / | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| team | / | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| look | / | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| behavior | x/x | Noun |
| eyes | / | Noun |
| feeling | /x | Verb |
| girl | / | Noun |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| grew | / | Verb |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| crazed | / | Adjective |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| footed | /x | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| leggy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ornery | /xx | Adjective |
| plucky | /x | Adjective |
| rabid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| scrawny | /x | Adjective |
| spoiled | / | Adjective |
| staunch | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| temperamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| whimsical | /xx | Adjective |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
