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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| insincere | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| spurious | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| false | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| gilded | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Name |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| fallacious | x/x | Adjective |
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ludicrous | /xx | Adjective |
| absurd | x/ | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| preposterous | x/xx | Adjective |
| implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
| bogus | /x | Adjective |
| unpersuasive | xx/x | Adjective |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| baseless | /x | Adjective |
| ridiculous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| laughable | /xx | Adjective |
| unconvincing | xx/x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| spacious | /x | Adjective |
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsubstantiated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| plausible | /xx | Adjective |
| unfounded | x/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| sophistic | x/x | Name |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| nonsensical | x/xx | Adjective |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| quaint | / | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective |
| disputable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unscientific | xxx/x | Adjective |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| misconceived | xx/ | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| feeble | /x | Adjective |
| fallacy | /xx | Noun |
| cozy | /x | Adjective |
| immaculate | x/xx | Noun |
| justifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| extravagant | x/xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective |
| facile | /x | Noun |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| unjustifiable | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| unjustified | x/xx | Adjective |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| scurrilous | /xx | Adjective |
| unproven | x/x | Adjective |
| oversimplified | xx/xx | Adjective |
| patently | /xx | Adverb |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| splendid | /x | Adjective |
| threadbare | /x | Adjective |
| foolish | /x | Adjective |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| breathtakingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| reasonable | /xxx | Adjective |
| roomy | /x | Adjective |
| illusory | x/xx | Adjective |
| hyperbolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| capacious | x/x | Adjective |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| stunningly | /xx | Adverb |
| insupportable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| indefensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| delusive | x/x | Adjective |
| grotesque | x/ | Adjective |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| groundless | /x | Adjective |
| stupid | /x | Adjective |
| artful | /x | Adjective |
| justifiable | /xxxx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| cosy | /x | Adjective |
| lofty | /x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| contrived | x/ | Verb |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| fishy | /x | Adjective |
| suspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| conjectural | x/xx | Adjective |
| conceited | x/x | Adjective |
| quasi | /x | Adjective |
| glib | / | Noun |
| suggestive | x/x | Adjective |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| speculative | /xxx | Adjective |
| sophisticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pretences | x/x | Noun |
| pretexts | /x | Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| reasonings | /xx | Noun |
| plausibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| falsehoods | /x | Noun |
| cowardice | /xx | Noun |
| excuses | x/x | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| rationalizations | xxxx/x | Noun |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cogent | /x | Adjective |
| commonsensical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| essentialist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| irrefutable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| justifying | /xxx | Noun |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sham | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| tenable | /xx | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
