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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| poorer | /x | Adjective |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| impoverished | x/x | Adjective |
| destitute | /xx | Noun |
| pauper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Noun |
| indigent | /xx | Noun |
| poverty line | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| lower class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| starving | /x | Verb |
| poore | / | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| poorhouse | /x | Noun |
| peasants | /x | Noun |
| poor devil | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| penniless | /xx | Adjective |
| poor boy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| homeless | /x | Noun |
| downtrodden | x/x | Noun |
| peasantry | /xx | Noun |
| poor law | // | Phrase, Noun |
| deprivations | xx/x | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| the people | x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| begging | /x | Noun |
| underclass | /xx | Noun |
| pitiful | /xx | Adjective |
| unfortunates | x/xx | Noun |
| orphans | /x | Noun |
| antipoverty | xx/xx | Noun |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| malnourished | x/x | Adjective |
| deprived | x/ | Verb |
| illiterates | x/xx | Noun |
| commoners | /xx | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| socioeconomic | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| children | /x | Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun |
| powerless | /xx | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| subsistence | x/x | Noun |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| jobless | /x | Adjective |
| sadness | /x | Noun |
| innocents | /xx | Noun |
| slaves | / | Noun |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alms | / | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| artisans | /xx | Noun |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| brainy | /x | Adjective |
| broke | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| crappy | /x | Adjective |
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| defective | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| defenseless | x/x | Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disabled | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Adjective |
| distressed | x/ | Adjective |
| domestics | x/x | Noun |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| dumb | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| faint | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| farmers | /x | Noun |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| fearing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| few | / | Noun |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
| flawed | / | Adjective |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fortunate | /xx | Adjective |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fragile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| freedmen | /x | Noun |
| gaps | / | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| guilty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| half | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| handicapped | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hard up | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hearted | /x | Adjective |
| homely | /x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| householders | /xx | Noun |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| improper | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| inadequate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inappropriate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| incorrect | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| ineffective | xx/x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| infertile | x/x | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| insubstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| john | / | Name |
| laborer | /xx | Noun |
| lack | / | Noun, Verb |
| lackluster | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lame | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| lower | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| mal | / | Noun |
| mala | /x | Noun |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| malo | /x | Name |
| marginal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| meager | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| meagre | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| measly | /x | Adjective |
| mediocre | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| meek | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| minimal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| minor | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| mistaken | x/x | Adjective |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| money | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nonperforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| nots | / | Adjective |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| old | / | Adjective, Noun |
| outcast | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pale | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| paltry | /x | Adjective |
| parishioners | x/xx | Noun |
| patchy | /x | Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| pistol | /x | Noun, Verb |
| piteous | /xx | Adjective |
| pitiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| plucky | /x | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| puny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| reduced | x/ | Adjective |
