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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| authority | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| power | /x | Noun |
| machine | x/ | Noun |
| the man | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| task force | // | Phrase, Noun |
| corporatism | /xxxx | Noun |
| public policy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| power broker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| vested interest | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| big gun | // | Name, Name |
| regulation | xx/x | Noun |
| authoritarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| big money | //x | Name, Name, Adjective |
| wall street | // | Phrase, Noun |
| public office | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| institutionalisation | xx/xxx/x | Noun |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun |
| power politics | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| taxpayer | /xx | Noun |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| censorship | /xx | Noun |
| committee | x/x | Noun |
| law of the land | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| constitution | xx/x | Noun |
| functionary | /xxx | Noun |
| security | x/xx | Noun |
| conspiracy | x/xx | Noun |
| lobby | /x | Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| corporation | xx/x | Noun |
| governor | /xx | Noun |
| arbiter | /xx | Noun |
| command performance | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| friends in high places | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| tyranny of the majority | /xx/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| moral authority | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| imperium in imperio | x/xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| private sector | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| monopoly | x/xx | Noun |
| country | /x | Noun |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| controlling interest | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| committee of the whole | x/x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bargaining power | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| purchasing | /xx | Noun |
| estate | x/ | Noun |
| commissioned officer | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| trust | / | Noun |
| principal | /xx | Noun |
| public law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mover and shaker | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| entitlement | x/xx | Noun |
| conspiracy theory | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| trustee | x/ | Noun |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| chief executive officer | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| organized crime | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| abilities | x/xx | Noun |
| agencies | /xx | Noun |
| allocations | xx/x | Noun |
| assignments | x/x | Noun |
| attainments | x/x | Noun |
| attributes | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| attributions | /x/x | Noun |
| authorisations | xxx/x | Noun |
| authorization | xxx/x | Noun |
| balances | /xx | Noun |
| blocs | / | Noun |
| bodies | /x | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| capabilities | xx/xx | Noun |
| capacities | x/xx | Noun |
| colleges | /xx | Noun |
| commissions | x/x | Noun |
| competence | /xx | Noun |
| competencies | /xxx | Noun |
| competition | xx/x | Noun |
| credentials | x/x | Noun |
| departments | x/x | Noun |
| discretion | x/x | Noun |
| divination | xx/x | Noun |
| duties | /x | Noun |
| empires | /xx | Noun |
| empowerment | x/xx | Noun |
| endowments | x/x | Noun |
| energies | /xx | Noun |
| expertise | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| exponents | x/x | Noun |
| faculties | /xx | Noun |
| features | /x | Noun, Verb |
| firm | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| force | / | Noun, Verb |
| freedoms | /x | Noun |
| functions | /x | Noun |
| giants | /x | Noun |
| gifts | / | Noun |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| immunities | x/xx | Noun |
| influences | /xxx | Noun |
| jurisdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| mandate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nations | /x | Noun |
| opportunities | xx/xx | Noun |
| organs | /x | Noun |
| possibilities | xx/xx | Noun |
| potencies | /xx | Noun |
| potentialities | x/xxx | Noun |
| pow | / | Noun |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| prerogatives | x/xx | Noun |
| privileges | /xx | Noun |
| proficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| protections | x/x | Noun |
| qualifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| remit | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| responsibilities | xxx/xx | Noun |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| roles | / | Noun |
| rulers | /x | Noun |
| schools | / | Noun |
| seasons | /x | Noun |
| skill | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| state | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| strength | / | Noun, Verb |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| strongman | /x | Noun |
| superpowers | xx/x | Noun |
| tasks | / | Noun |
| terms | / | Noun |
| tor | / | Noun, Adjective |
| troops | / | Noun |
| wattage | /x | Noun |
