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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| slowly | /x | Adverb |
| retard | x/ | Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| tedious | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| slack | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| wearisome | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| decelerate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dim | / | Verb, Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| dumb | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| slacken | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| behind | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| dawdling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| obtuse | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| crawling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dragging | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dull | / | Verb, Adjective |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| pokey | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| andante | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| adagio | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| largo | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| fast | / | Noun, Noun |
| quicken | /x | Name, Name |
| speed | / | Noun, Noun |
| steady | /x | Adjective |
| rapid | /x | Adjective |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| painfully | /xx | Adverb |
| swift | / | Noun |
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| quick | / | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| inexorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| excruciatingly | x/xxxx | Adverb |
| speedy | /x | Adjective |
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| lagging | /x | Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| clunky | /x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| breakneck | /x | Noun |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| uneven | x/x | Adjective |
| prolonged | x/ | Adjective |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| halting | /x | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| smooth | / | Adjective |
| frustratingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| long | / | Adjective |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective |
| unusually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| unhurried | x/x | Adjective |
| slowdown | /x | Noun |
| delayed | x/ | Adjective |
| awfully | /x | Adverb |
| gentle | /x | Adjective |
| jumpy | /x | Adjective |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| trickle | /x | Noun |
| sporadic | x/x | Adjective |
| hurry | /x | Noun |
| tardy | /x | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| static | /x | Adjective |
| late | / | Adjective |
| slow on the uptake | //x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| remiss | x/ | Adjective |
| lame | / | Noun |
| listless | /x | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| indolent | /xx | Adjective |
| passive | /x | Adjective |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective |
| recumbent | x/x | Adjective |
| stale | / | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| descending | x/x | Verb |
| flaccid | /x | Adjective |
| paralyzed | /xx | Verb |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| bumbling | /xx | Adjective |
| faint | / | Adjective |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| stopped | / | Verb |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| laid up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| close | / | Adjective |
| short | / | Adjective |
| constipated | /xxx | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| retardant | x/x | Noun |
| unmotivated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| supine | x/ | Adjective |
| soft | / | Adjective |
| impotent | /xx | Adjective |
| drooped | / | Verb |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| transient | /x | Noun |
| clogged | / | Adjective |
| deferred | x/ | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| senescent | x/x | Noun |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| humdrum | /x | Noun |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| cooker | /x | Noun |
| quicksand | /x | Verb |
| belated | x/x | Verb |
| moving | /x | Noun |
| jog | / | Noun |
| learner | /x | Noun |
| strangulation | xx/x | Noun |
| neutrons | /x | Noun |
| tempos | /x | Noun |
| wisely | /x | Adverb |
| simmer | /x | Noun |
| footing | /x | Verb |
| trot | / | Noun |
| drip | / | Noun |
| fade | / | Noun |
| canter | /x | Noun |
| waltz | / | Noun |
| ebbing | /x | Verb |
| pace | / | Noun |
| shuffle | /x | Noun |
| boil | / | Noun |
| anemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| apace | x/ | Adverb |
| bandwidth | /x | Noun |
| bog down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| brisk | / | Adjective, Verb |
| calm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| chronic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| consuming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| curb | / | Noun, Verb |
| curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dampen | /x | Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| detain | x/ | Verb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| driving | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ease | / | Noun, Verb |
| expeditious | xx/x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| few | / | Noun |
| flight | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| glacial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hamper | /x | Verb, Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hinder | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| impede | x/ | Verb |
| inhibit | x/x | Verb |
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| jerky | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| leisurely | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| lengthen | /x | Verb |
| lengthy | /x | Adjective |
| lens | / | Noun, Verb |
| lent | / | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| mild | / | Adjective, Noun |
| mitigate | /xx | Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| motion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prism | /x | Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| quiet | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| rein | / | Noun, Verb |
| rem | / | Noun, Adjective |
| restrain | x/ | Verb |
| shy | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| slight | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| snail | / | Noun, Verb |
| soften | /x | Verb |
| spontaneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| spring | / | Noun, Verb |
| stall | / | Noun, Verb |
| stately | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| stem | / | Noun, Verb |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sure | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| sweet | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| take | / | Verb, Noun |
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| thin | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| time | / | Noun, Verb |
| tiptoe | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| torpid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| triple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| turtle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| unstoppable | x/xx | Adjective |
| vehicular | x/xx | Adjective |
| walk | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
