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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| tabu | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| forbidden | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Verb |
| prohibited | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| impermissible | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| out | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sacred | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| proscribed | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| stigmatized | /xx | Verb |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| unspoken | x/x | Adjective |
| broaching | /x | Noun |
| fetish | /x | Noun |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| transgressive | x/x | Adjective |
| stigma | /x | Noun |
| sacrosanct | /xx | Adjective |
| sexuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| incest | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| topic | /x | Noun |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| commonplace | /xx | Noun |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| erotica | x/xx | Noun |
| norm | / | Noun |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| impolite | xxx | Adjective |
| erotic | x/x | Adjective |
| unthinkable | x/xx | Adjective |
| untouchable | x/xx | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| eroticism | x/xxx | Noun |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| homosexuality | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| fetishism | /xxx | Noun |
| prevalent | /xx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| exogamy | x/xx | Noun |
| uncommon | x/x | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| openly | /xx | Adverb |
| kinky | /x | Noun |
| mainstream | /x | Noun |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| societal | x/xx | Adjective |
| unheard | x/ | Adjective |
| deviancy | /xxx | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| sexual | /xx | Adjective |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| unfashionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| acceptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lesbianism | /xxx | Noun |
| nudity | /xx | Noun |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unnatural | x/xx | Adjective |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| masturbation | xx/x | Noun |
| haram | /x | Noun |
| cannibalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| fetishes | /xx | Noun |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| pornography | x/xx | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| ritual | /xx | Noun |
| preoccupation | xxx/x | Noun |
| shame | / | Noun |
| fascination | xx/x | Noun |
| cultural | /xx | Noun |
| inhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| abhorrence | x/x | Noun |
| aversion | x/x | Noun |
| phobia | /xx | Noun |
| social anxiety | /xx/xx | Name, Name |
| hatred | /x | Noun |
| isolation | xx/x | Noun |
| abstinence | /xx | Noun |
| allergy | /xx | Noun |
| addiction | x/x | Noun |
| repugnance | x/x | Noun |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| agoraphobia | xxx/xx | Noun |
| phobic | /x | Adjective |
| photophobia | xx/xx | Noun |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| perversion | x/x | Noun |
| homophobia | xx/xx | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| revulsion | x/x | Noun |
| avoidant | x/x | Adjective |
| falling out | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| nausea | /xx | Noun |
| asocial | /xx | Adjective |
| totem | /x | Noun |
| mana | /x | Noun |
| totemism | /xxx | Noun |
| violator | /xxx | Noun |
| virginity | x/xx | Noun |
| miscegenation | x/x/x | Noun |
| frazer | /x | Name |
| pollution | x/x | Noun |
| transgression | x/x | Noun |
| breaking | /x | Noun, Verb |
| infraction | x/x | Noun |
| perils | /x | Noun |
| postpartum | /xx | Adjective |
| freud | / | Name |
| violation | xx/x | Noun |
| totemic | /xx | Adjective |
| breaches | /x | Noun |
| commensal | x/x | Adjective |
| intermarriage | xx/x | Noun |
| lifting | /x | Noun |
| polynesian | xx/x | Adjective |
| inviolable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| menstrual | /xx | Adjective |
| intercourse | /xx | Noun |
| infringement | x/x | Noun |
| universality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| stalking | /x | Verb |
| unwritten | x/x | Adjective |
| retrospect | /xx | Noun |
| observance | x/x | Noun |
| eating | /x | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| defying | x/x | Verb |
| pork | / | Noun |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| antipathy | x/xx | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ban | / | Noun, Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| cognate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| debatable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| debated | x/x | Adjective |
| demeaning | x/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| discreet | x/ | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| hex | / | Noun, Verb |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| jinx | / | Noun, Verb |
| meaning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mundane | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| restriction | x/x | Noun |
| sex | / | Noun, Verb |
| sign | / | Noun, Verb |
| spell | / | Noun, Verb |
| such | / | Noun |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| tattoo | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| uncontroversial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unfamiliar | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| voodoo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| weird | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| witch | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
