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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| belated | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| late | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| dilatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| delay | x/ | Noun |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| inattentive | xx/x | Adjective |
| speedy | /x | Adjective |
| overdue | /x/ | Adjective |
| dawdling | /x | Verb |
| absent | /x | Adjective |
| slacker | /x | Noun |
| forgetful | x/x | Adjective |
| hurrying | /xx | Verb |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| punctuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| hasty | /x | Adjective |
| delinquent | x/x | Noun |
| slothful | /x | Adjective |
| chiding | /x | Noun |
| untimely | x/x | Adjective |
| remiss | x/ | Adjective |
| lagging | /x | Noun |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| punctilious | x/xx | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| chastising | x/x | Verb |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| apologies | x/xx | Noun |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| unaccountably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| misbehaving | xx/x | Noun |
| owing | /x | Noun |
| uncharacteristically | xxxx/xx | Adverb |
| straggling | /xx | Noun |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| insubordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| indignant | x/x | Adjective |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| unmindful | x/x | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| petulant | /xx | Adjective |
| antsy | /x | Adjective |
| sheepish | /x | Adjective |
| misbehavior | xx/x | Noun |
| truancy | /xx | Noun |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| neglectful | x/x | Adjective |
| dreadfully | /xx | Adverb |
| shirking | /x | Noun |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective |
| neglecting | x/x | Verb |
| scolding | /x | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| fidgety | /xx | Adjective |
| ungracious | x/x | Adjective |
| embarrassingly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| inopportune | xxx/ | Adjective |
| irate | x/ | Adjective |
| absenteeism | xx/xx | Noun |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| infrequent | x/x | Adjective |
| halting | /x | Noun |
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun |
| inattention | xx/x | Noun |
| spotty | /x | Adjective |
| acknowledgment | x/xx | Noun |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| procrastinating | x/xxx | Noun |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| impeding | x/x | Verb |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| blithe | / | Name |
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective |
| sporadic | x/x | Adjective |
| lazy | /x | Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| back | / | Adverb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| postponed | x/ | Verb |
| deferred | x/ | Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective |
| tardive | /x | Adjective |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective |
| absent over leave | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| negligent | /xx | Adjective |
| derelict | /xx | Noun |
| puny | /x | Adjective |
| ailing | /x | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| stale | / | Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| lash | / | Noun |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| unfaithful | x/x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| timeless | /x | Adjective |
| tatty | /x | Noun |
| short | / | Adjective |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| bedraggled | x/x | Adjective |
| reparation | xx/x | Noun |
| lent | / | Verb |
| amends | x/ | Noun |
| tram | / | Noun |
| repentance | x/x | Noun |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| bell | / | Noun |
| palsy | /x | Noun |
| bust | / | Noun |
| cripple | /x | Noun |
| arrives | x/ | Verb |
| cork | / | Noun |
| slips | / | Noun |
| conveyance | x/x | Noun |
| remorse | x/ | Noun |
| debtors | /x | Noun |
| filing | /x | Noun |
| aberdeen | /xx | Name |
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| acquaintance | x/x | Noun |
| adelaide | /xx | Name |
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun, Adverb |
| argentine | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| bristol | /x | Name |
| cautious | /x | Adjective |
| expeditious | xx/x | Adjective |
| faltering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fumbling | /xx | Noun |
| grudging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| halfhearted | /xx | Adjective |
| harbinger | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| lone | / | Adjective |
| luminary | /xxx | Noun |
| mesquite | /x | Noun |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| paymaster | /xx | Noun |
| prompt | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| quicker | /x | Adverb |
| ruth | / | Name |
| salem | /x | Name |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| strangers | /x | Verb |
| swift | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| timely | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| underwood | /xx | Name |
| wholehearted | /xx | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
