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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| accomplishment | x/xx | Noun, Noun | 
| acknowledgement | x/xx | Noun | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| affordances | x/xx | Noun | 
| analytic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| aphasic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| apostrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| archetype | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| beau geste | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| beck | / | Name, Verb | 
| beckon | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| bless | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bow | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bushman | /x | Noun | 
| calligraphic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| caress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| castration | x/x | Noun | 
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| clap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| communicative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective | 
| constraint | x/ | Noun | 
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| conventionalized | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| cosmetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| courteous | /xx | Adjective | 
| courtesy | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| darwinian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| deed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| deictic | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun | 
| determinism | x/xxx | Noun | 
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dynamics | x/x | Noun | 
| economics | xx/x | Noun | 
| emblem | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| engineering | /x/x | Noun | 
| enlightenment | x/xx | Noun | 
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| exclamation | xx/x | Noun | 
| exhortation | xx/x | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| extend | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| familiarity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| favor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective | 
| fictive | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| figuration | xx/x | Noun | 
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| flagship | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| flick | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fling | / | Verb, Noun | 
| flourish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| formal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| gage | / | Noun, Verb | 
| generosity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| geste | / | Noun | 
| gestural | /xx | Adjective | 
| greeting | /x | Noun | 
| hand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hold out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun | 
| iconic | x/x | Adjective | 
| ideational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| indication | xx/x | Noun | 
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| initiative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| instrumentalism | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| interjection | xx/x | Noun | 
| jab | / | Noun, Verb | 
| jerk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kindness | /x | Noun | 
| landmark | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| logistics | x/x | Noun | 
| manifestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mark | / | Noun, Verb | 
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| measure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| memorial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| message | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| metonymic | /x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| modelers | /xx | Noun | 
| motion | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| move | / | Verb, Noun | 
| movement | /x | Noun | 
| mudra | /x | Noun | 
| nod | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nominal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| normativity | /x/xx | Noun | 
| obeisance | x/x | Noun | 
| pantomime | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| personification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| poke | / | Verb, Noun | 
| posture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| prepositional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| previous question | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| profile | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| profound | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| programming | /xx | Noun | 
| put out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| ramsey | /x | Name | 
| reference | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| referential | xx/x | Adjective | 
| representational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| representative | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| semiotic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| sentiment | /xx | Noun | 
| shrug | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sign | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sign of the cross | //x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| signal | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| something | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| spat | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stance | / | Noun, Verb | 
| step | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stroke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stylised | /x | Adjective | 
| stylized | /x | Adjective | 
| symbiotic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| symbol | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| symbolically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun | 
| symbolize | /xx | Verb | 
| symptomatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tale | / | Noun, Verb | 
| template | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| testimony | /xxx | Noun | 
| thing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| thrust | / | Noun, Verb | 
| token | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| toss | / | Verb, Noun | 
| touch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tug | / | Noun, Verb | 
| twitch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| typical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| underpinnings | /xxx | Noun | 
| vanity | /xx | Noun | 
| wave | / | Noun, Verb | 
| wink | / | Noun, Verb | 
