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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| admonish | x/x | Verb, Verb | 
| scold | / | Verb | 
| tick off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| reprove | x/ | Verb | 
| bawl out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| lay out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| eat out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| reproach | x/ | Noun | 
| check | / | Noun | 
| roast | / | Noun | 
| remonstrate | /xx | Verb | 
| denounce | x/ | Verb | 
| chide | / | Verb | 
| warn | / | Verb | 
| throw off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb | 
| trim | / | Noun | 
| ward off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| rattle off | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| offend | x/ | Verb | 
| call off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| lash | / | Noun | 
| preach | / | Verb | 
| blast | / | Noun | 
| dress down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| haul off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| chastise | x/ | Verb | 
| punish | /x | Verb | 
| hurl | / | Verb | 
| kick off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| forbid | x/ | Verb | 
| slag | / | Noun | 
| blow up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| pop off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| turn off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| snub | / | Noun | 
| rebuke | x/ | Noun | 
| call out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| talk down to | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| ride off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| talk out of | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| fire off | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| insult | x/ | Noun | 
| set off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| get off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| censure | /x | Noun | 
| make off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| huff | / | Noun | 
| outrage | /x | Noun | 
| stick up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| hack off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| lop off | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| chew off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| tongue | / | Noun | 
| send away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| resent | x/ | Verb | 
| strike back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| leave off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| flout | / | Verb | 
| lay off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| blame | / | Noun | 
| turn in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| take off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| tattle | /x | Noun | 
| frown | / | Noun | 
| block off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| ring up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| turn away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| squawk | / | Noun | 
| warm | / | Adjective | 
| harsh | / | Adjective | 
| dispatch | x/ | Noun | 
| banish | /x | Verb | 
| shut off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| snape | / | Name | 
| head off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| condemn | x/ | Verb | 
| expel | x/ | Verb | 
| offer | /x | Noun | 
| repulse | x/ | Noun | 
| tell on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| keep off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| fault | / | Noun | 
| shout | / | Noun | 
| make off with | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| pawn off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut short | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| berate | x/ | Verb | 
| slap | / | Noun | 
| throw | / | Verb | 
| dish out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| scare off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| spank | / | Verb | 
| disobey | xx/ | Verb | 
| choke off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| bug off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| rate | / | Noun | 
| spurn | / | Verb | 
| dismiss | x/ | Verb | 
| report | x/ | Noun | 
| revile | x/ | Verb | 
| reject | x/ | Verb | 
| haul up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| mistreat | x/ | Verb | 
| chapter | /x | Noun | 
| scorn | / | Noun | 
| displease | x/ | Verb | 
| rattle | /x | Noun | 
| complain | x/ | Verb | 
| break off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| slam | / | Noun | 
| push off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| let off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| take exception | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| refute | x/ | Verb | 
| beat up | /x | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| pass off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| assail | x/ | Verb | 
| lay into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| bark | / | Noun | 
| strike out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| tear off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| jibe | / | Noun | 
| confront | x/ | Verb | 
| pelt | / | Noun | 
| hiss | / | Noun | 
| abducted | x/x | Adjective | 
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| add | / | Verb, Noun | 
| admit | x/ | Verb | 
| advertise | /xx | Verb | 
| advise | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| affirm | x/ | Verb | 
| affords | x/ | Verb | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| against | x/ | Adverb | 
| air | / | Noun, Verb | 
| alert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| along | x/ | Adverb | 
| announce | x/ | Verb | 
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| append | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| apprise | x/ | Verb | 
| argue | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ascent | x/ | Noun | 
| ascertain | xx/ | Verb | 
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ask | / | Verb, Noun | 
| askew | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| assert | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| assure | x/ | Verb | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| believe | x/ | Verb | 
| beside | x/ | Adverb | 
| bespeak | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| bid | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakout | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| bumpy | /x | Adjective | 
| busiest | /xx | Adjective | 
| cache | / | Noun, Verb | 
| call | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cancel | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| claim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clarify | /xx | Verb | 
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| coasts | / | Noun | 
| colder | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| collection | x/x | Noun | 
| command | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| communicate | x/xx | Verb | 
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| compel | x/ | Verb | 
| comprise | x/ | Verb | 
| confess | x/ | Verb | 
| confirm | x/ | Verb, Adverb | 
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| convey | x/ | Verb | 
| cooler | /x | Noun | 
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| dagger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dampened | /x | Verb, Adjective | 
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| deactivate | x/xx | Verb | 
| decide | x/ | Verb | 
| declare | x/ | Verb | 
| deduct | x/ | Verb | 
| deduction | x/x | Noun | 
| defuse | x/ | Verb | 
| demarcate | xx/ | Verb | 
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| deport | x/ | Verb | 
| describe | x/ | Verb | 
| deselect | xx/ | Verb | 
| determine | x/x | Verb | 
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| did | / | Noun | 
| differentiate | xx/xx | Verb, Noun | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| digress | x/ | Verb | 
| dip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| dis | / | Noun, Verb | 
| disable | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| disclose | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun | 
| discount | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| discuss | x/ | Verb | 
| disengagement | xx/x | Noun | 
| dissociate | x/xx | Verb | 
| distinguish | x/x | Verb | 
| dit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| driest | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| drop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| educate | /xx | Verb | 
| elevated | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| emphasise | /xx | Verb | 
| enjoin | x/ | Verb | 
| enlighten | x/x | Verb | 
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entrust | x/ | Verb | 
| enumerate | x/xx | Verb | 
| enunciate | x/xx | Verb | 
| everything | /xx | Verb | 
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| excluding | x/x | Verb | 
| explain | x/ | Verb | 
| expose | x/ | Verb | 
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| external | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| extinction | x/x | Noun | 
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fermentation | xx/x | Noun | 
| fixed | / | Adjective | 
| for | / | Noun | 
| foretell | x/ | Verb | 
| forgotten | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| freewheeling | /xx | Adjective | 
| freeze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| from | / | Verb | 
| gab | / | Noun, Verb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| give | / | Verb, Noun | 
| gone | / | Adjective | 
| gossipy | /xx | Adjective | 
| grapevine | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| guess | / | Verb, Noun | 
| harbinger | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| have | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hear | / | Verb | 
| her | x | Noun | 
| herald | /x | Name, Verb | 
| hey | / | Name | 
| hide | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| identify | x/xx | Verb | 
| idle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| impart | x/ | Verb | 
| imply | x/ | Verb | 
| inactivate | x/xx | Verb | 
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| indicate | /xx | Verb | 
| individualize | xx/xxx | Verb | 
| inform | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
