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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| poverty line | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| subsisting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| poverty | /xx  | Noun  | 
| starvation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| impoverished | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| minimum wage | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| privation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| survival | x/x  | Noun  | 
| lower class | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| pauperism | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| rudimentary | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| destitution | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| sustenance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| underprivileged | /x/x  | Noun  | 
| starving | /x  | Verb  | 
| subthreshold | //x  | Noun  | 
| destitute | /xx  | Noun  | 
| bare bones | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| small potatoes | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| deprivation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| bootstrapping | //x  | Noun  | 
| underweight | /xx  | Noun  | 
| middle class | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| sufficiency | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| shoestring | /x  | Noun  | 
| working class | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Adjective  | 
| inexpensive | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| antipoverty | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| frugality | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| illiterate | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| penniless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| substandard | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| monosyllabic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| peasant | /x  | Noun  | 
| subnormal | //x  | Adjective  | 
| underemployed | /xx/  | Adjective  | 
| malnourished | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| cheapness | /x  | Noun  | 
| underpaid | /x/  | Adjective  | 
| ground level | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| nonagricultural | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| preindustrial | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| illiteracy | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| surviving | x/x  | Verb  | 
| marginality | /x/xx  | Noun  | 
| unemployed | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| chump change | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| uneducated | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| sedentary | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| ability | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| able | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| abode | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| above | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| accommodation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| acme | /x  | Noun  | 
| across | x/  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| action | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| adequacy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| agent | /x  | Noun  | 
| agricultural | xx/xx  | Adjective, Name  | 
| alarm | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| allowance | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| altitude | /xx  | Noun  | 
| ambit | xx  | Noun  | 
| amount | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| area | /xx  | Noun  | 
| arena | x/x  | Noun  | 
| arrest | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| aspect | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| attainment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| attic | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| average | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| background | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| balanced | /x  | Adjective  | 
| band | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bar | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| bare | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| base | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| basement | /x  | Noun  | 
| basis | /x  | Noun  | 
| behalf | x/  | Noun  | 
| blueprint | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| both | /  | Noun  | 
| breaded | /x  | Adjective  | 
| breadth | /  | Noun  | 
| bumpy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| caliber | /xx  | Noun  | 
| calibre | /xx  | Noun  | 
| capacity | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| categories | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| ceiling | /x  | Noun  | 
| cellar | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| character | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| charge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| class | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| classification | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| classroom | /x  | Noun  | 
| climax | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| coefficient | xx/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| comes | /  | Noun  | 
| comfort | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| community | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| competence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| competency | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| con | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| concentration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| connection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| content | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| context | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| contracting | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| coping | /x  | Noun  | 
| coverage | /xx  | Noun  | 
| crooked | /x  | Adjective  | 
| crop | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cycle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| daily | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb  | 
| deal | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| deck | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| degree | x/  | Noun  | 
| depth | /  | Noun  | 
| diagram | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| diet | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| dimension | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dismantle | x/x  | Verb  | 
| diversified | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| divisibility | x/x/xx  | Noun  | 
| domain | x/  | Noun  | 
| domicile | xx/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| doorstep | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dose | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| drawing | /x  | Noun  | 
| dwell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| earning | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| echelon | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| education | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| elevation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| endowment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| engagement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| envelope | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| equal | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| equality | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| equalization | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| equitable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| erect | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| essentials | x/x  | Noun  | 
| even | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| even out | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| existence | x/x  | Noun  | 
| existent | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| extent | x/  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| extreme | x/  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| fair | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| far | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| farming | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| field | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| figure | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| first floor | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| flat | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| flatbed | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| floor | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| flush | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb  | 
| food | /  | Noun  | 
| foot | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fore | /  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| forefront | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| foreground | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| formal | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| framework | /x  | Noun  | 
| frequency | /xx  | Noun  | 
| front | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| garret | /x  | Noun  | 
| grade | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| graduation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| gravity | /xx  | Noun  | 
| ground | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| ground floor | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| hand | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| harvesting | /xx  | Noun  | 
| headed | /x  | Adjective  | 
| height | /  | Noun  | 
| hierarchy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| high | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| hire | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| horizontal | xx/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| housekeeping | /xx  | Noun  | 
| importance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| incidence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| increase | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| increment | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| index | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| instance | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| intensity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| interval | /xx  | Noun  | 
| kind | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| ladder | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| layer | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| leveled | /x  | Verb  | 
| lever | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| life | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lifeblood | /x  | Noun  | 
| lifestyle | /x  | Noun  | 
| limit | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| line | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| lisa | /x  | Name  | 
| live | /  | Verb, Adjective, Adverb  | 
