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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| clear | / | Adjective |
| searching | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| effectual | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| efficacious | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| distinct | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| cogent | /x | Adjective |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| apposite | xx | Adjective |
| perceptive | x/x | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| terse | / | Noun |
| insightful | /xx | Adjective |
| astute | x/ | Adjective |
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| revelatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| salient | /xx | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| nuanced | /x | Adjective |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| prescient | /xx | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| characteristically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| masterly | /xx | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| magisterial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| startlingly | /xx | Adverb |
| astringent | x/x | Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| flinty | /x | Adjective |
| heartrending | //x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Name |
| pungent | /x | Adjective |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| pertinent | /xx | Adjective |
| unflinching | x/x | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| piquant | /x | Adjective |
| riveting | /xx | Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| tuneful | /x | Adjective |
| peremptory | x/xx | Adjective |
| adroit | x/ | Adjective |
| iconoclastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| astonishingly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| glib | / | Noun |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| scintillating | /xxx | Noun |
| uncommonly | x/xx | Adjective |
| devastatingly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| critique | x/ | Noun |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| idiosyncratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| potent | /x | Adjective |
| impassioned | x/x | Adjective |
| counterpoint | /xx | Noun |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| snide | / | Adjective |
| disquisition | xx/x | Noun |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| sharp | / | Adjective |
| topical | /xx | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| puerile | /x | Adjective |
| thoughtful | /x | Adjective |
| bristling | /xx | Noun |
| lucid | /x | Adjective |
| incomparably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| riposte | x/ | Noun |
| frighteningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| blithe | / | Name |
| brilliant | /x | Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dispassionate | x/xx | Adjective |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| shrewd | / | Adjective |
| stabbing | /x | Noun |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| rapier | /xx | Noun |
| serrated | /xx | Adjective |
| eager | /x | Adjective |
| scorching | /x | Adjective |
| picked | / | Verb |
| tart | / | Noun |
| smart | / | Name |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun |
| tort | / | Noun |
| barbed | / | Adjective |
| criticisms | /xxx | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| pen | / | Noun |
| editorials | xx/xx | Noun |
| wit | / | Noun |
| sarcasm | /xx | Noun |
| indictment | x/x | Noun |
| blade | / | Noun |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| swords | / | Noun |
| remarks | x/ | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| observations | xx/x | Noun |
| aches | / | Verb, Noun |
| adhering | x/x | Verb |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cargoes | /x | Noun |
| cheering | /x | Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| lone | / | Adjective |
| mordant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pains | / | Noun |
| picturesque | /xx | Adjective |
| plausibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| shallow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| toothless | /x | Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
