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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pretext | /x | Noun, Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| extracurricular | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| bad faith | // | Phrase, Noun |
| malice | /x | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun |
| hidden agenda | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| undercurrent | /xxx | Noun |
| side effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| foul play | // | Phrase, Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun |
| malice in law | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| facade | x/ | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| indirection | xx/x | Noun |
| spite | / | Noun |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| disinterest | x/xx | Noun |
| something else | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| dissimulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| hitch | / | Noun |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb |
| omitting | x/x | Verb |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| moral turpitude | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| idle threat | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| undertow | /xx | Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| malum in se | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| scruple | /x | Noun |
| smell | / | Noun |
| joker | /x | Noun |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| gutter | /x | Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun |
| malicious mischief | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| perfect crime | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| malevolence | x/xx | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun |
| outside | // | Noun |
| villainy | /xx | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| perfidy | /xx | Noun |
| swerve | / | Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| counterfactual | /x/xx | Adjective |
| obstruction | x/x | Noun |
| treachery | /xx | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| white lie | // | Name, Name |
| impurity | x/xx | Noun |
| fake | / | Noun |
| imputation | xx/x | Noun |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun |
| oversight | /xx | Noun |
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ruse | / | Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun |
| flip side | // | Phrase, Noun |
| malfeasance | x/x | Noun |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| encroachment | x/x | Noun |
| alien | /xx | Noun |
| antipathy | x/xx | Noun |
| untruth | x/ | Noun |
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| unfinished business | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| incongruence | x/xx | Noun |
| enemy | /xx | Noun |
| caprice | x/ | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| cheating | /x | Noun |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| aim | / | Noun, Verb |
| appetitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| arcana | x/x | Noun |
| archetypal | //x | Adjective |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| avenues | /xx | Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| bona | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bordering | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cache | / | Noun, Verb |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| causal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| causative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| clandestine | x/x | Adjective |
| cohesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| concealed | x/ | Adjective |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| depths | / | Noun |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| determinative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| discernible | x/xx | Adjective |
| disguised | x/ | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| distinguishes | x/xx | Verb, Noun |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| drive | / | Noun, Verb |
| dyadic | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| electromotive | xxx/x | Adjective |
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eons | /x | Noun |
| ethics | /x | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| futurity | /xxx | Noun |
| generative | /xxx | Adjective |
| goal | / | Noun, Verb |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ic | x | Name, Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| impulse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| incentive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| inducement | x/x | Noun |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| intended | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| invisible | x/xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| justifying | /xxx | Noun |
| latent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| mediating | /xxx | Verb, Noun |
| mobile | /x | Adjective, Name |
| momentum | x/x | Noun |
| morality | x/xx | Noun |
| morals | /x | Noun |
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| motivation | xx/x | Noun |
| motor | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| movable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| moveable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| objective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| obvious | /xx | Adjective |
| occasion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| ostensible | x/xx | Adjective |
| paramount | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| pattern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| portable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| practical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| propellant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| propelling | x/x | Noun |
| propulsion | x/x | Noun |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| psychic energy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| purported | x/x | Adjective |
| purpose | /x | Noun, Verb |
| qualification | xxx/x | Noun |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| recital | x/x | Noun |
| rolling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| safeguard | /x | Verb, Noun |
| second | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| secret | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| spur | / | Noun, Verb |
| stealth | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stimulus | /xx | Noun |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| subterranean | xx/xx | Adjective |
| subtle | /x | Adjective |
| swarms | / | Noun |
| thrust | / | Noun, Verb |
| triadic | /xx | Adjective |
| twofold | // | Adjective, Adverb |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| underground | /xx | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| underlying | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unifying | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| urge | / | Noun, Verb |
| vistas | /x | Noun |
