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abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
accomplish
x/x
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
addressed
x/
Adjective
administer
x/xx
Verb
administration
xxx/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
aimed
/
Adjective
allocative
/xxx
Adjective
ambush
/x
Noun, Verb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anticipated
x/xxx
Adjective
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
appear
x/
Verb
applied
x/
Adjective
are
/
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
attend
x/
Verb
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
batch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
being
/x
Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
black market
//x
Name, Name
bleed
/
Verb, Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
breathe
/
Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
brim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
bunk
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
candidacy
/xxx
Noun
carried
/x
Verb
carry over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
chaired
/
Verb
chase
/
Noun, Verb
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circular
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
circulate
/xx
Verb
class
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
clip
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
condensed
x/
Adjective
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
consort
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
controlled
x/
Adjective
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
court
/
Noun, Verb
crock
/
Noun, Verb
crush
/
Verb, Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
dash
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
dealt
/
Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
delivery
x/xx
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
develop
x/x
Verb
die hard
//
Phrase, Verb
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
docs
/
Noun
doing
/x
Noun
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
drain
/
Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dribble
/x
Noun, Verb
driven
/x
Adjective
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
duration
//x
Noun
during
/x
Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
economic
xx/x
Adjective
eddy
/x
Noun, Verb
elope
x/
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endure
x/
Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
errand
/x
Noun, Verb
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
excursion
x/x
Noun, Verb
execute
/xx
Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exhausted
x/x
Adjective
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
exploitation
xx/x
Noun
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
falcon
/x
Noun, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
filter
/x
Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
financier
xx/
Noun, Verb
fitting
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
fled
/
Noun
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
flight
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flow
/
Noun, Verb
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
footing
/x
Noun
forage
/x
Noun, Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fowl
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gallop
/x
Noun, Verb
geared
/
Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
getaway
/xx
Noun, Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
global
/x
Adjective, Name, Adverb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
govern
/x
Verb, Noun
gravitate
/xx
Verb
guide
/
Noun, Verb
gush
/
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
haul
/
Verb, Noun
hawk
/
Noun, Verb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
height
/
Noun
held
/
Noun
horizon
x/x
Noun
hunt
/
Noun, Verb
hunt down
//
Phrase, Verb
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
implementation
xxx/x
Noun
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
incline
x/
Noun, Verb
incurred
x/
Verb
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
initiate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
installment
x/x
Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jack
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
jet
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
jive
/
Noun, Verb
jog
/
Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kid
/
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
lam
/
Noun, Verb
lance
/
Noun, Verb
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leakage
/x
Noun
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
least
/
Adverb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
levered
/x
Adjective
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
lope
/
Noun, Verb
losing streak
/x/
Phrase, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lung
/
Noun
macroeconomic
xxxx/x
Adjective
made
/
Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
malfunction
x/x
Noun, Verb
manage
/x
Verb, Noun
management
/xx
Noun
marathon
/xx
Noun, Verb
marble
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
maturity
x/xx
Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
melt
/
Verb, Noun
melt down
//
Phrase, Verb
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
microeconomic
xxxx/x
Adjective
midget
/x
Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
moderated
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
move
/
Verb, Noun
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nain
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
news
/
Noun, Verb
nominate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
nomination
xx/x
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
occur
x/
Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offered
/x
Verb
onslaught
/x
Noun
ooze
/
Noun, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
operation
xx/x
Noun
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
operationalize
xx/xxx
Verb
organise
xxx
Verb
organised
xxx
Adjective
organize
/xx
Verb
outflow
/x
Noun, Verb
outpouring
x/x
Noun
outrun
x/
Verb, Noun
outsmart
/x
Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overall
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
overdrawn
/x/
Adjective
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pathway
/x
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perform
x/
Verb
performance
x/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
persist
x/
Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
petit
/x
Noun, Adjective
petite
x/
Adjective, Name
place
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
ply
/
Noun, Verb
poach
/
Verb, Noun
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
pose
/
Verb, Noun
pour
/
Verb, Noun
prefatory
/xxx
Adjective
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prevail
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
publish
/x
Verb
purl
/
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
rabbit
/x
Noun, Verb
race
/
Noun, Verb
radiate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ram
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ran
/
Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rangeland
/xx
Noun
rapid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ravel
/x
Name, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
rbi
///
Name
re
/
Noun
realization
/x/x
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
recently
/xx
Adverb
reduced
x/
Adjective
referral
x/x
Noun
register
/xx
Noun, Verb
render
/x
Verb, Noun
rerun
//
Noun, Verb
restricted
x/x
Adjective
resubmit
xx/
Verb
resubmitted
xx/x
Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
rill
/
Noun, Verb
risked
/
Verb
rivulet
//x
Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
rotate
/x
Verb, Adjective
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
ruled
/
Adjective
run away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
run batted in
//xx
Phrase, Noun
run down
//
Phrase, Verb
run off
//
Phrase, Verb
run out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
runner
/x
Noun
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
scamper
/x
Verb, Noun
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scramble
/x
Noun, Verb
scurry
/x
Verb, Noun
scuttle
/x
Verb, Noun
seal
/
Noun, Verb
season
/x
Noun, Verb
seep
/
Verb, Noun
seller
/x
Noun
send
/
Verb, Noun
series
/x
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shirk
/
Verb, Noun
short and sweet
//x
Phrase, Adjective
short circuit
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shorted
/x
Adjective
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
shortsighted
//x
Adjective
shortstop
/x
Noun, Verb
shorty
/x
Name
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
sink
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
skirt
/
Noun, Verb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slip
/
Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sms
x
Name, Verb
snag
/
Noun, Verb
snipe
/
Noun, Verb
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
societal
x/xx
Adjective
somme
/
Name
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
sparsely
/x
Adverb
spearhead
/x
Noun, Verb
speedy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spend
/
Verb, Noun
spill
/
Noun, Verb
spin
/
Noun, Verb
sprint
/
Noun, Verb
spurt
/
Noun, Verb
squat
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
squirt
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steer
/
Verb, Noun
stint
/
Noun, Verb
stocky
/x
Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
story
/x
Noun, Verb
streak
/
Noun, Verb
stream
/
Noun, Verb
streamlined
/x
Adjective
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
stubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
stumpy
/x
Adjective, Name
submission
x/x
Noun
submit
x/
Verb
substandard
x/x
Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
sudden
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
sum
/
Noun, Verb
summaries
/xx
Noun
summarise
/x/
Verb
summarize
/xx
Verb
sun
/
Noun, Verb
surge
/
Noun, Verb
sweat
/
Noun, Verb
sweep
/
Noun, Verb
swift
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
swiftly
/x
Adverb
swirl
/
Noun, Verb
synopsis
x/x
Noun
synthesis
/xx
Noun
synthesize
/xx
Verb
synthetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tally
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
targeted
/xx
Adjective
temporary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
tend
/
Verb
tender
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
test
/
Noun, Verb
testy
/x
Adjective
thread
/
Noun, Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tide
/
Noun, Verb
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
timeframe
/x
Noun
timeline
/x
Noun, Verb
timescale
/x
Noun
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
tired
/x
Adjective
toe
/
Noun, Verb
tour
/
Noun, Verb
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
transient
/x
Adjective, Noun
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
tree
/
Noun, Verb
trial
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
trickle
/x
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trot
/
Noun, Verb
troubleshoot
/xx
Verb
truncate
/x
Verb, Adjective
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
trying on
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tryout
/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn tail
//
Phrase, Verb
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unawares
xx/
Adverb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undertaken
/xxx
Verb
underway
xx/
Adverb, Noun
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
unprepared
xx/
Adjective, Noun
unravel
x/x
Verb
unstressed
x/
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
vendor
/x
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
warm up
//
Phrase, Verb
waste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
welded
/x
Verb, Adjective, Name
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
whale
/
Noun, Verb
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
wheeling
/x
Noun
whirl
/
Noun, Verb
whirlpool
/x
Noun, Verb
winning streak
/x/
Phrase, Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
workout
/x
Noun
writ
/
Noun
young
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb