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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beseeching | x/x | Noun |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| categorical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cheque | / | Noun, Adjective |
| commanding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| commandment | x/x | Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compulsory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| considerations | xxx/x | Noun |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cornerstone | /xx | Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| crying | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dictates | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| exigency | x/xx | Noun |
| exigent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| impersonal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| importance | x/x | Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| incumbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| indispensable | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inevitable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| instant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| instrumental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| integral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| interrogative | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mainstay | /x | Noun |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| mandatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| must | / | Verb, Noun |
| necessary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| nexus | /x | Noun |
| obligation | xx/x | Noun |
| obligatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| overriding | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| paramount | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pivotal | /xx | Adjective |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precondition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| predicative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| prerequisite | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| priority | x/xx | Noun |
| qua | / | Noun |
| reasons | /x | Noun |
| required | x/x | Adjective |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| requisite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| soundness | /x | Noun |
| spoke | / | Verb, Noun |
| standpoint | /x | Noun |
| subjunctive | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| unconditional | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| underpinning | /xxx | Noun |
| urgency | /xx | Noun |
| urgent | /x | Adjective |
| viewpoint | /x | Noun |
| vital | /x | Adjective, Noun |
