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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| harsher | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| gentler | /x | Adjective |
| meaner | /x | Noun |
| fiercer | /x | Adjective |
| cruder | /x | Noun |
| stricter | /x | Adjective |
| humbler | /xx | Noun |
| grimmer | /x | Noun |
| bolder | /x | Adjective |
| weightier | /xx | Adjective |
| nobler | /x | Adjective |
| tougher | /x | Adjective |
| subtler | /xx | Adjective |
| loftier | /xx | Adjective |
| graver | /x | Noun |
| kinder | /x | Name |
| plainer | /x | Adjective |
| milder | /x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective |
| softer | /x | Adjective |
| rougher | /x | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| purer | /x | Adjective |
| meeker | /x | Name |
| surer | /x | Adjective |
| firmer | /x | Adjective |
| coarser | /x | Adjective |
| wilder | /x | Noun |
| livelier | /xx | Adjective |
| braver | /x | Noun |
| sharper | /x | Adjective |
| pleasanter | /xx | Adjective |
| steely | /x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| riper | /x | Noun |
| grander | /x | Adjective |
| sweeter | /x | Adjective |
| duller | /x | Adjective |
| stiffer | /x | Adjective |
| fatherly | /xx | Adjective |
| wiser | /x | Adjective |
| saner | /x | Noun |
| lighter | /x | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| darker | /x | Adjective |
| heavier | /xx | Adjective |
| stronger | /x | Adjective |
| holier | /xx | Adjective |
| swifter | /x | Adjective |
| finer | /x | Adjective |
| paler | /x | Adjective |
| blacker | /x | Noun |
| cleverer | /xx | Adjective |
| keener | /x | Noun |
| soldierly | /xx | Adjective |
| calmer | /x | Adjective |
| baser | /x | Noun |
| slicker | /x | Noun |
| truer | /x | Adjective |
| sadder | /x | Adjective |
| warlike | /x | Adjective |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| countenance | /xx | Noun |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| myrdal | /x | Name |
| hodge | / | Name |
| rose | / | Noun |
| associates | x/xx | Noun |
| david | /x | Name |
| assistance | x/x | Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| much | / | Adjective |
| grew | / | Verb |
| democracy | x/xx | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| share | / | Noun |
| edited | /xx | Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| prepared | x/ | Verb |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| said | / | Verb |
| comes | / | Verb |
| looked | / | Verb |
| asked | / | Verb |
| resort | x/ | Verb |
| mettle | /x | Noun |
| measures | /x | Noun |
| moralists | /xx | Noun |
| mould | / | Noun |
| solemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| rebuke | x/ | Noun |
| sex | / | Noun |
| accents | /x | Noun |
| blame | / | Noun |
| virtues | /x | Noun |
| moods | / | Noun |
| sway | / | Noun |
| discipline | /xx | Noun |
| methods | /x | Noun |
| mold | / | Noun |
| penalties | /xx | Noun |
| realities | x/xx | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| duties | /x | Noun |
| test | / | Noun |
| despair | x/ | Noun |
| passions | /x | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| warning | /x | Noun |
| cast | / | Noun |
| morality | x/xx | Noun |
| temper | /x | Noun |
| fiber | /x | Noun |
| qualities | /xx | Noun |
| climates | /x | Noun |
| hearts | / | Noun |
| critics | /x | Noun |
| note | / | Noun |
| metal | /x | Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| judge | / | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| demands | x/ | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| view | / | Noun |
| voice | / | Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun |
| task | / | Noun |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| eye | / | Noun |
| code | / | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| browning | /x | Noun |
| camden | /x | Name |
| commoner | /xx | Noun |
| essex | /x | Name |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| friendlier | /xx | Adjective |
| fuller | /x | Name, Verb |
| gratis | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| har | / | Noun |
| harvard | /x | Name |
| hath | / | Name |
| innocence | /xx | Noun |
| jesus | /x | Name, Verb |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| masculine | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| oriental | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| arabism | x/xx | Name |
| semitism | /xxx | Name |
| hellenism | /xxx | Name |
| ido | /x | Name |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| nsa | x | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| sfa | x | Name |
| sop | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| salad | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
