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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| precipice | /xx | Noun |
| breaking point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tipping point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| threshold | /x | Noun |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| border on | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| critical point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| borderline | /xx | Noun |
| bordering | /xx | Verb |
| nearing | /x | Verb |
| slippery slope | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| extremes | x/ | Noun |
| endpoint | /x | Noun |
| finitude | /xx | Noun |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| juncture | /x | Noun |
| tempt fate | // | Phrase, Verb |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| razor edge | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| on edge | // | Phrase |
| cliffs | / | Noun |
| death throes | // | Phrase |
| pitfalls | /x | Noun |
| liminality | /x/xx | Noun |
| saturation point | xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| turning point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| the hill | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| borderland | /xx | Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun |
| fault line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| climactic | x/x | Adjective |
| at risk | // | Phrase |
| imminence | /xx | Noun |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| abyss | x/ | Noun |
| promontory | x//x | Noun |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| culminating | /xxx | Verb |
| heights | / | Noun |
| defining moment | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| triggers | /x | Noun |
| judgment day | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rock face | // | Phrase, Noun |
| endangers | x/x | Verb |
| pinnacle | /xx | Noun |
| midpoint | /x | Noun |
| temptation | x/x | Noun |
| intimations | xx/x | Noun |
| dividing line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crossing over | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| fine line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| the sublime | xx/ | Phrase |
| liminal | /xx | Adjective |
| transgressing | x/x | Verb |
| steepness | /x | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| escarpment | x/x | Noun |
| terminus | /xx | Noun |
| the word | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| terminally | /xxx | Adverb |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| boiling point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crevasse | x/ | Noun |
| choke point | // | Phrase, Noun |
| aircraft | /x | Noun |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| bluff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| boat | / | Noun, Verb |
| brant | / | Name, Adjective |
| brim | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| chasm | /x | Noun |
| close | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doorstep | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| eve | / | Noun |
| flanks | / | Noun |
| flight | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fringe | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| gulf | / | Noun, Verb |
| headland | /x | Noun |
| hills | / | Noun |
| hillside | /x | Noun |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| ledge | / | Noun, Verb |
| limit | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lip | / | Noun, Verb |
| log | / | Noun, Verb |
| margin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| marginalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| onboard | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| path | / | Noun, Verb |
| perimeter | x/xx | Noun |
| periphery | x/xx | Noun |
| plunge | / | Verb, Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| precariousness | x/xxx | Noun |
| punto | /x | Noun |
| rand | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| rim | / | Noun, Verb |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| rob | / | Name, Verb |
| scoreboard | /x | Noun |
| ship | / | Noun, Verb |
| shipboard | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| shore | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| sinkhole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vessel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vigil | /x | Noun, Verb |
