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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| say | / | Verb, Verb |
| recite | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| narrate | /x | Verb, Verb |
| recount | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| ascertain | xx/ | Verb, Verb |
| enjoin | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| evidence | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| assure | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| differentiate | xx/xx | Verb, Verb |
| distinguish | x/x | Verb, Verb |
| order | /x | Verb, Verb |
| separate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| spin | / | Verb, Verb |
| state | / | Verb, Verb |
| know | / | Verb |
| remind | x/ | Verb |
| explain | x/ | Verb |
| convince | x/ | Verb |
| hear | / | Verb |
| remember | x/x | Verb |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| warn | / | Verb |
| talk | / | Noun |
| think | / | Verb |
| suggest | x/ | Verb |
| inform | x/ | Verb |
| guess | / | Noun |
| speak | / | Verb |
| forget | x/ | Verb |
| understand | xx/ | Verb |
| argue | /x | Verb |
| advise | x/ | Verb |
| imagine | x/x | Verb |
| brag | / | Noun |
| reveal | x/ | Verb |
| divulge | x/ | Verb |
| lets | / | Verb |
| sure | / | Adjective |
| reassure | xx/ | Verb |
| confirm | x/ | Verb |
| tellin | /x | Verb |
| asked | / | Verb |
| want | / | Verb |
| assume | x/ | Verb |
| surmise | x/ | Noun |
| ignore | x/ | Verb |
| recognize | /xx | Verb |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| persuade | x/ | Verb |
| pretend | x/ | Verb |
| complain | x/ | Verb |
| listen | /x | Verb |
| retell | x/ | Verb |
| describe | x/ | Verb |
| show | / | Noun |
| implore | x/ | Verb |
| discern | x/ | Verb |
| emphasize | /xx | Verb |
| learn | / | Verb |
| identify | x/xx | Verb |
| deny | x/ | Verb |
| find | / | Verb |
| wait | / | Verb |
| speculate | /xx | Verb |
| expect | x/ | Verb |
| reiterate | x/xx | Verb |
| suppose | x/ | Verb |
| notify | /xx | Verb |
| give | / | Verb |
| verify | /xx | Verb |
| presume | x/ | Verb |
| observe | x/ | Verb |
| discover | x/x | Verb |
| disclose | x/ | Verb |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| indicate | /xx | Verb |
| refer | x/ | Verb |
| realize | /xx | Verb |
| summarize | /xx | Verb |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| clarify | /xx | Verb |
| acknowledge | x/x | Verb |
| examine | x/x | Verb |
| teach | / | Verb |
| recollect | xx/ | Verb |
| proclaim | x/ | Verb |
| discuss | x/ | Verb |
| wish | / | Noun |
| prove | / | Verb |
| dare | / | Verb |
| worry | /x | Noun |
| please | / | Verb |
| communicate | x/xx | Verb |
| recognise | /xx | Verb |
| wonder | /x | Noun |
| admonish | x/x | Verb |
| convey | x/ | Verb |
| just | / | Adverb |
| call | / | Noun |
| allude | x/ | Verb |
| confuse | x/ | Verb |
| exaggerate | x/xx | Verb |
| seeing | /x | Verb |
| corroborate | x/xx | Verb |
| inquire | x/ | Verb |
| visualize | /xx | Verb |
| pinpoint | /x | Noun |
| write | / | Verb, Adverb |
| illustrate | /xx | Verb |
| mention | /x | Noun |
| specify | /xx | Verb |
| that | / | Adverb, Noun |
| honestly | /xx | Adverb |
| interpret | x/x | Verb |
| help | / | Noun |
| tell of | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tally | /x | Noun |
| count | / | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| number | /x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| relate | x/ | Verb |
| mark | / | Noun |
| represent | xx/ | Verb |
| reckon | /x | Verb |
| point out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tabulate | /xx | Verb |
| read | / | Verb |
| foretell | x/ | Verb |
| report | x/ | Noun |
| weet | / | Noun |
| quote | / | Noun |
| share | / | Noun |
| count in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| add up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| read out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| news | / | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun |
| tick off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| compute | x/ | Verb |
| take | / | Verb |
| verbalize | /xx | Verb |
| list | / | Noun |
| truth | / | Noun |
| spell out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| chalk up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| account for | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| hearken | /x | Verb |
| enumerate | x/xx | Verb |
| spell | / | Noun |
| certify | /xx | Verb |
| speak to | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| come to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| instruct | x/ | Verb |
| speak of | // | Phrase, Verb |
| call in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| calculate | /xx | Verb |
| acquaint | x/ | Verb |
| attend | x/ | Verb |
| call out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| denote | x/ | Verb |
| enunciate | x/xx | Verb |
| figure out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hast | / | Adjective |
| untruth | x/ | Adjective |
| how | / | Adjective |
| befell | x/ | Adverb |
| prescriber | x/x | Noun |
| lies | / | Noun |
| howdy | /x | Adverb |
| pray | / | Adverb |
| jokes | / | Noun |
| hello | x/ | Adverb |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| advertise | /xx | Verb |
| affirm | x/ | Verb |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| alert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| announce | x/ | Verb |
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| append | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| apprise | x/ | Verb |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| assert | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bespeak | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| bid | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cache | / | Noun, Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| command | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| compel | x/ | Verb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| confess | x/ | Verb |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dagger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| declare | x/ | Verb |
| deduct | x/ | Verb |
| demarcate | xx/ | Verb |
| deport | x/ | Verb |
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| did | / | Noun |
| digress | x/ | Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| dis | / | Noun, Verb |
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| dissociate | x/xx | Verb |
| dit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| educate | /xx | Verb |
| emphasise | /xx | Verb |
| enlighten | x/x | Verb |
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| entrust | x/ | Verb |
| expel | x/ | Verb |
| expose | x/ | Verb |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| fact | / | Noun |
| freewheeling | /xx | Adjective |
| gab | / | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| get out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| gossipy | /xx | Adjective |
| grapevine | /x | Noun, Verb |
| harbinger | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| have | / | Verb, Noun |
| herald | /x | Name, Verb |
| hey | / | Name |
| hide | / | Verb, Noun |
| impart | x/ | Verb |
| imply | x/ | Verb |
| individualize | xx/xxx | Verb |
| instruction | x/x | Noun |
| interject | xx/ | Verb |
| introduce | xx/ | Verb |
| iterate | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| judge | / | Noun, Verb |
| keep | / | Verb, Noun |
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb |
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| label | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lay out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| leave | / | Verb, Noun |
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| make | / | Verb, Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| none | / | Noun, Adverb |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| oddball | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| play down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| playing | /x | Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| posit | /x | Verb, Noun |
| predict | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| preface | /x | Noun, Verb |
| premise | /x | Noun, Verb |
| present | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| provide | x/ | Verb |
| publicise | /xx | Verb |
| publicize | /xx | Verb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| remark | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| repeat | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| require | x/x | Verb |
| respond | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| restate | x/ | Verb |
| review | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| robin | /x | Name |
| rumor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sell | / | Verb, Noun |
| send | / | Verb, Noun |
| sense | / | Noun, Verb |
| serve | / | Verb, Noun |
| sex | / | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
