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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| undercurrent | /xxx | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| allusions | x/x | Noun |
| nuance | /x | Noun |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| implicit | x/x | Adjective |
| innuendo | xx/x | Noun |
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun |
| unspoken | x/x | Adjective |
| undertones | /xx | Noun |
| subplot | /x | Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| overt | x/ | Adjective |
| subtlety | /xx | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective |
| misogyny | /xxx | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| leitmotif | /xx | Noun |
| foregrounding | /xx | Noun |
| themes | / | Noun |
| unsaid | x/ | Adjective |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective, Verb |
| gist | / | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| dichotomy | x/xx | Noun |
| moralizing | /xxx | Noun |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective |
| angst | / | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| overtones | /xx | Noun |
| meaning | /x | Noun |
| subtitle | /xx | Noun |
| subheading | xxx | Noun |
| subscript | x/ | Noun |
| subclause | x/ | Noun |
| underscoring | xx/x | Verb |
| subsection | /xx | Noun |
| subaltern | /xx | Noun |
| unacknowledged | xx/x | Adjective |
| unstated | x/x | Adjective |
| gendered | /x | Adjective |
| text | / | Noun |
| erotic | x/x | Adjective |
| ironic | x/x | Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| racist | /x | Adjective |
| oedipal | /xx | Adjective |
| film | / | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| hidden | /x | Adjective |
| unmistakable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| freudian | /xx | Adjective |
| message | /x | Noun |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| story | /x | Noun |
| queer | / | Adjective |
| mythological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| darker | /x | Adjective |
| implied | x/ | Adjective |
| gay | / | Adjective |
| remarks | x/ | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun |
| play | / | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| racial | /x | Adjective |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| essay | x/ | Noun |
| informs | x/ | Verb |
| feminist | /xx | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| discern | x/ | Verb |
| sexuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| latent | /x | Adjective |
| reinforces | xx/x | Verb |
| here | / | Adverb |
| emerges | x/x | Verb |
| reveals | x/ | Verb |
| forms | / | Verb |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| sexual | /xx | Adjective |
| masculine | /xx | Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| discussions | x/x | Noun |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| unconscious | x/x | Adjective |
| book | / | Noun |
| fascinating | /xxx | Adjective |
| reads | / | Verb |
| speech | / | Noun |
| biblical | /xx | Adjective |
| carries | /x | Verb |
| runs | / | Verb |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| addition | x/x | Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| connotation | xx/x | Noun |
| continuities | xx/xx | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| flavour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| motivations | xx/x | Noun |
| presupposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| underpinnings | /xxx | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
