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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shallow | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| surface | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| looking | /x | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| seeming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| apparent | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| sounding | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| facile | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Adverb |
| trivial | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| glib | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| insignificant | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| superficiality | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| materialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| insipid | x/x | Adjective |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| simplistic | x/x | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| unreflective | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| worldly | /x | Adjective |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| insincere | xx/ | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| tangential | x/x | Adjective |
| petty | /x | Noun |
| superfluous | /xx | Adjective |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| repetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| meaningless | /xx | Adjective |
| pathological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pointless | /x | Adjective |
| egotistical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| illusory | x/xx | Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| irrelevant | x/xx | Adjective |
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective |
| trifling | /x | Adjective |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective |
| substantive | /xx | Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| showy | /x | Adjective |
| unremarkable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unspecific | xx/x | Adjective |
| reductive | x/x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| symptomatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cynical | /xx | Adjective |
| crass | / | Noun |
| unimpressive | xx/x | Adjective |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| contemptible | x/xx | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| bland | / | Noun |
| trashy | /x | Adjective |
| unpretentious | xx/x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| trite | / | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Noun |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| snobbish | /x | Adjective |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun |
| facial | /x | Adjective |
| cutaneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| relational | x/xx | Adjective |
| topical | /xx | Adjective |
| conjunctival | xx/x | Noun |
| physic | /x | Noun |
| personal | /xx | Adjective |
| positional | x/xx | Adjective |
| temporal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| epidermal | xx/x | Noun |
| elementary | xx/x | Noun |
| perceptual | x/xx | Adjective |
| aspectual | x/xx | Adjective |
| physical | /xx | Adjective |
| existential | xx/x | Adjective |
| vaginal | x/x | Adjective |
| capillary | /xxx | Noun |
| topographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| related | x/x | Adjective |
| locational | x/xx | Adjective |
| interfacial | xx/x | Adjective |
| situational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fleshly | /x | Adjective |
| dental | /x | Noun |
| venous | /x | Noun |
| focal | /x | Adjective |
| retinal | /xx | Noun |
| external | x/x | Adjective |
| fascial | /xx | Noun |
| optic | /x | Adjective |
| scald | / | Noun |
| phlebitis | x/x | Noun |
| epigastric | xx/x | Noun |
| thrombophlebitis | x/x/x | Noun |
| peroneal | x// | Noun |
| inguinal | /xx | Noun |
| masseter | /xx | Noun |
| femoral | /xx | Noun |
| frostbite | /x | Noun |
| nephrons | /x | Noun |
| dermis | /x | Noun |
| folliculitis | /xx/x | Noun |
| flexor | /x | Noun |
| erosions | x/x | Noun |
| abrasions | x/x | Noun |
| circumflex | x/x | Noun |
| crosses | /x | Verb |
| keratitis | /x/x | Noun |
| peels | / | Noun |
| lymphatics | x/x | Noun |
| ulcerations | xx/x | Noun |
| vascularization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| resemblances | x/xx | Noun |
| propria | /xx | Noun |
| veins | / | Noun |
| laminae | /xx | Noun |
| abdominal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| abscess | /x | Noun, Verb |
| admirer | x/x | Noun |
| alluvial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| appearances | x/xx | Noun |
| areal | /xx | Adjective |
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| axillary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| basilar | x/x | Adjective |
| bites | / | Noun, Verb |
| blacken | /x | Verb |
| boils | / | Noun, Verb |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cardiac | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| caries | xx | Noun |
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cautery | /xx | Noun |
| cerebral | /xx | Adjective |
| cervical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| corneal | x/ | Adjective |
| cosmetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| degenerated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| differentiated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| frontal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| lax | / | Adjective, Noun |
| lobular | /xx | Adjective |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| medial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| necrotic | x/x | Adjective |
| partial | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| peripheral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| segmental | x/x | Adjective |
| shine | / | Verb, Noun |
| sketchy | /x | Adjective |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| submucosal | xx/x | Adjective |
| surficial | //x | Adjective |
| tenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| upper | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| visceral | /xx | Adjective |
| visible | /xx | Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
