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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| forthright | // | Adjective, Adjective | 
| true north | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| plain dealing | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| pathway | /x | Noun | 
| right | / | Noun | 
| wise | / | Adjective | 
| rigour | // | Noun | 
| sort | / | Noun | 
| manner | /x | Noun | 
| approach | x/ | Noun | 
| processional | x/xx | Noun | 
| parallel | /xx | Noun | 
| guiding | /x | Verb | 
| ways | / | Noun | 
| this way | // | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| matter of course | /x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| ascending | x/x | Verb | 
| ascent | x/ | Noun | 
| functioning | /xx | Noun | 
| high road | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| descent | x/ | Noun | 
| mode | / | Noun | 
| no two ways about it | ///x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| arterial | x/xx | Noun | 
| kind | / | Noun | 
| position | x/x | Noun | 
| length | / | Noun | 
| sequencing | /xx | Noun | 
| wherefore | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| accurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adjust | x/ | Verb | 
| ahead | x/ | Adverb | 
| alas | x/ | Noun | 
| aligned | x/ | Adjective | 
| alignment | x/x | Noun | 
| alleviate | x/xx | Verb | 
| ana | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| antechamber | x//x | Noun | 
| apex | /x | Noun | 
| arranged | x/ | Adjective | 
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| arrowhead | /xx | Noun | 
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| balcony | /xx | Noun | 
| band | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| barricaded | /xxx | Adjective | 
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| baud | / | Noun | 
| beam | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| bench | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bight | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective | 
| blade | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blinkered | /x | Adjective | 
| bluntly | /x | Adverb | 
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| branch out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| brim | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| broaden | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| buddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bumpy | /x | Adjective | 
| busier | /xx | Adjective | 
| butt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| casement | /x | Noun | 
| center | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| charted | /x | Adjective | 
| chisel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb | 
| claire | / | Name | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| clearly | /x | Adverb | 
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| coiled | / | Adjective | 
| col | x | Noun | 
| concave | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| confine | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| congested | x/x | Adjective | 
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| constrain | x/ | Verb | 
| constrict | x/ | Verb | 
| continuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| courtyard | /x | Noun | 
| cramped | / | Adjective | 
| crooked | /x | Adjective | 
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| crotch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cuff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| curb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| curly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| curtail | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cylindrical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| delicious | x/x | Adjective | 
| delimit | x/x | Verb | 
| delineate | x/xx | Verb | 
| dependable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| detroit | x/ | Name | 
| diagonal | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| diminish | x/x | Verb | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| directly | x/x | Adverb | 
| distressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| diversify | x/xx | Verb | 
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| downright | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| downsize | /x | Verb | 
| droit | / | Noun | 
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| duty | /x | Noun | 
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| egoistic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| egotistical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| eligible | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| emma | /x | Name | 
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entitled | x/x | Adjective | 
| entitlement | x/xx | Noun | 
| erect | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| exactly | x/x | Adverb | 
| fee | / | Noun, Verb | 
| few | / | Noun | 
| fill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| finite | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| footprints | /x | Verb | 
| forthwith | // | Adverb | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| franco | /x | Name | 
| frank | / | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| frankly | /x | Adverb | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gay | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| geometric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| guileless | /x | Adjective | 
| hair | / | Noun, Verb | 
| has | / | Verb | 
| hetero | xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| heterosexual | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| honest | /x | Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| honestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| honorable | /xxx | Adjective, Name | 
| identify | x/xx | Verb | 
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| immediately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| inclined | x/ | Adjective | 
| indirectly | xx/x | Adverb | 
| inextricable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| instantly | /xx | Adverb | 
| insular | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| intimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| intolerant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| jab | / | Noun, Verb | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kidney | /x | Noun | 
| law | / | Noun, Verb | 
| leather | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| legit | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| lessen | /x | Verb | 
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| line | / | Noun, Verb | 
| linear | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| logically | /xx | Adverb | 
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| looped | / | Adjective | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| loyal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| marginal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
