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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 |
| informs | x/ | Verb |
| reminds | x/ | Verb |
| explains | x/ | Verb |
| asks | / | Verb |
| reveals | x/ | Verb |
| convinces | x/x | Verb |
| learns | / | Verb |
| confides | x/ | Verb |
| writes | / | Verb |
| reassures | xx/ | Verb |
| discovers | x/x | Verb |
| uncovers | x/x | Verb |
| understands | xx/ | Verb |
| opines | x/ | Verb |
| teases | /x | Verb |
| exclaims | x/ | Verb |
| observes | x/ | Verb |
| speculates | /xx | Verb |
| admonishes | x/xx | Verb |
| proclaims | x/ | Verb |
| describes | x/ | Verb |
| warns | / | Verb |
| implores | x/ | Verb |
| declares | x/ | Verb |
| pretends | x/ | Verb |
| realizes | /xxx | Verb |
| finds | / | Verb |
| thinks | / | Verb |
| instructs | x/ | Verb |
| enlightens | x/x | Verb |
| persuades | x/ | Verb |
| confirms | x/ | Verb |
| exhorts | x/ | Verb |
| portrays | x/ | Verb |
| dubs | / | Verb |
| quoted | /x | Verb |
| complains | x/ | Verb |
| exposes | x/x | Verb |
| confronts | x/ | Verb |
| fascinates | /xx | Verb |
| adds | / | Verb |
| suggests | x/ | Verb |
| sees | / | Verb |
| speaks | / | Verb |
| advises | x/x | Verb |
| posits | /x | Verb |
| hears | / | Verb |
| discusses | x/x | Verb |
| mentions | /x | Verb |
| confesses | x/x | Verb |
| asserts | x/ | Verb |
| gives | / | Verb |
| according | x/x | Verb |
| terrifies | /xx | Verb |
| knows | / | Verb |
| elaborates | x/xx | Verb |
| explores | x/ | Verb |
| imagines | x/x | Verb |
| identifies | x/xx | Verb |
| betrays | x/ | Verb |
| urges | /x | Verb |
| introduces | xx/x | Verb |
| laments | x/ | Verb |
| surmises | x/x | Verb |
| cites | / | Verb |
| forgets | x/ | Verb |
| scolds | / | Verb |
| teaches | /x | Verb |
| mutters | /x | Verb |
| inspires | x/ | Verb |
| argues | /x | Verb |
| insinuates | x/xx | Verb |
| amazes | x/x | Verb |
| examines | x/x | Verb |
| discerns | x/ | Verb |
| swears | / | Verb |
| confuses | x/x | Verb |
| decides | x/ | Verb |
| angers | /x | Verb |
| discloses | x/x | Verb |
| seduces | x/x | Verb |
| shows | / | Verb |
| herodotus | /xxx | Name |
| plutarch | x/ | Name |
| bede | / | Name |
| matthew | /x | Adverb, Name |
| jeremiah | xx/x | Adverb |
| pliny | /x | Name |
| josephus | x/x | Name |
| stories | /x | Noun |
| tales | / | Noun |
| tacitus | /xx | Name |
| ovid | /x | Name |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| chronicles | /xx | Noun |
| corinthians | x/xx | Name |
| biographer | x/xx | Noun |
| talmud | /x | Name |
| parable | /xx | Noun |
| bible | /x | Name |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| lies | / | Noun |
| odysseus | x/xx | Name |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| browser | /x | Noun |
| compiler | x/x | Noun |
| hands | / | Verb |
| scripture | /x | Noun |
| gut | / | Noun |
| movingly | /xx | Adverb |
| verse | / | Adverb, Noun |
| twain | / | Adverb |
| jill | / | Adverb |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| luke | / | Name |
| autobiography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| laughs | / | Verb |
| amusingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| tearfully | /xx | Adverb |
| krishna | /x | Name |
| faust | / | Adverb |
| intuition | xx/x | Noun |
| homer | /x | Name |
| heather | /x | Adverb |
| apostle | x/x | Noun |
| visits | /x | Verb |
| matt | / | Adverb |
| torah | /x | Name |
| quaintly | /x | Adverb |
| listens | /x | Verb |
| instinct | /x | Noun |
| jokes | / | Noun |
| bluntly | /x | Adverb |
| psalm | / | Noun |
| cicero | /xx | Name |
| dante | /x | Name |
| plainly | /x | Adverb |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| smiles | / | Verb |
| confidentially | xx/xx | Adverb |
| adventures | x/x | Noun |
| preface | /x | Noun |
| straightforwardly | x/xx | Adverb |
| talks | / | Verb |
| theorem | /x | Noun |
| memoirs | /x | Noun |
| candidly | /xx | Adverb |
| ver | / | Adverb |
| conscience | /x | Noun |
| little | /x | Adverb |
| poignantly | /xx | Adverb |
| humorously | /xxx | Adverb |
| petulantly | /xxx | Adverb |
| myth | / | Noun |
| paul | / | Name |
| joy | / | Adverb |
| loves | / | Verb |
| proudly | /x | Adverb |
| socrates | /xx | Name |
| disciples | x/x | Noun |
| forthrightly | //x | Adverb |
| cryptically | /xx | Adverb |
| inscription | x/x | Noun |
| sings | / | Verb |
| gregory | /xx | Name |
| eloquently | /xxx | Adverb |
| aristotle | /xxx | Name |
| testament | /xx | Noun |
| jesus | /x | Name |
| moses | /x | Name |
| gleefully | /xx | Adverb |
| gospel | /x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| alas | x/ | Noun |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| announces | x/x | Verb |
| blues | / | Noun |
| claims | / | Noun, Verb |
| clink | / | Noun, Verb |
| combine | /x | Verb, Noun |
| coming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| communicates | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| crisp | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| demands | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| denotes | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| depicts | x/ | Verb |
| desiccation | xx/x | Noun |
| dictates | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| directs | x/ | Verb |
| displays | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| drifts | / | Noun, Verb |
| educates | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| flickers | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fogs | / | Noun |
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| has | / | Verb |
| himself | x/ | Verb |
| hock | / | Noun, Verb |
| honey | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| illustrates | /xx | Verb |
| indicates | /xx | Verb |
| invents | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| lets | / | Verb, Noun |
| means | / | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| notifies | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| outlines | /x | Noun |
| pinpoints | /x | Verb, Noun |
| predicts | x/ | Verb |
| proves | / | Verb |
| provides | x/ | Verb |
| reads | / | Verb |
| recalls | /x | Verb |
| reflects | x/ | Verb |
| relates | x/ | Verb |
| reports | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| requests | x/ | Noun |
| shares | / | Noun |
| signals | /x | Noun |
| submits | x/ | Verb |
| unveils | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| which | / | Noun |
