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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| fledgling | /x | Noun |
| newcomer | /xx | Noun |
| plucky | /x | Adjective |
| nascent | /x | Adjective |
| venerable | /xxx | Noun |
| renegade | /xx | Noun |
| competitor | x/xx | Noun |
| rival | /x | Noun |
| challenger | /xx | Noun |
| maverick | /xx | Noun |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| hotshot | /x | Noun |
| juggernaut | /xx | Noun |
| inexperienced | xx/xx | Adjective |
| interloper | /xxx | Noun |
| indie | /x | Noun |
| scrappy | /x | Adjective |
| firebrand | /xx | Noun |
| headstrong | /x | Adjective |
| powerhouse | /xx | Noun |
| wannabe | /xx | Noun |
| budding | /x | Verb |
| erstwhile | /x | Noun |
| outsider | x/x | Noun |
| underdog | /xx | Noun |
| resurgent | x/x | Noun |
| pretender | x/x | Noun |
| stalwart | /x | Noun |
| incumbent | x/x | Noun |
| lowly | /x | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| homegrown | // | Noun |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| behemoth | x/x | Noun |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| offshoot | /x | Noun |
| lackey | /x | Noun |
| intrepid | x/x | Noun |
| compatriot | x/xx | Noun |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| impresario | xx/xx | Noun |
| embattled | x/x | Adjective |
| emerging | x/x | Verb |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| fledging | /x | Noun |
| adversary | /xxx | Noun |
| savvy | /x | Noun |
| startup | /x | Noun |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| disgruntled | x/x | Adjective |
| aspirant | /xx | Noun |
| upper | /x | Noun |
| usurper | x/x | Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun |
| superstar | xx/ | Noun |
| social climber | /x/x | Name, Name |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective |
| entrepreneur | xxx/ | Noun |
| entrant | /x | Noun |
| wealthy | /x | Adjective |
| have | / | Verb |
| magnate | /x | Noun |
| adventurer | x/xx | Noun |
| crown prince | // | Phrase, Noun |
| baron | /x | Noun |
| swell | / | Noun |
| heir presumptive | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| tycoon | x/ | Noun |
| opportunist | xx/x | Noun |
| pauper | /x | Noun |
| royalty | /xx | Noun |
| upper class | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| number one | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| fortune hunter | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| big shot | // | Name, Name |
| captain of industry | /x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| high roller | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| robber baron | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| mogul | /x | Noun |
| prince | / | Noun |
| aristocrat | x/xx | Noun |
| dignitary | /xxx | Noun |
| brash | / | Adjective |
| corsican | /xx | Adjective |
| insolence | /xx | Noun |
| conceited | x/x | Adjective |
| presumptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| insolent | /xx | Adjective |
| impertinent | x/xx | Adjective |
| curse | / | Noun |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Adjective |
| parcel | /x | Noun |
| intrusion | x/x | Noun |
| sleek | / | Adjective |
| succumbed | x/ | Verb |
| despised | x/ | Verb |
| crush | / | Verb |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dared | / | Verb |
| contempt | x/ | Noun |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| resented | x/x | Verb |
| something | /x | Noun |
| regarded | x/x | Verb |
| young | / | Adjective |
| hated | /x | Verb |
| nation | /x | Noun |
| youthful | /x | Adjective |
| austrian | /xx | Adjective |
| company | /xx | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective |
| hands | / | Noun |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| named | / | Verb |
| building | /x | Noun |
| dismissed | x/ | Verb |
| nothing | /x | Noun |
| viewed | / | Verb |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| city | /x | Noun |
| class | / | Noun |
| unknown | x/ | Adjective |
| irish | /x | Adjective |
| provincial | x/x | Adjective |
| teach | / | Verb |
| man | / | Noun |
| considered | x/x | Verb |
| looked | / | Verb |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| rich | / | Adjective |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| power | /x | Noun |
| just | / | Adverb |
| apostate | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bullies | /x | Noun, Verb |
| climber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| demagogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dispossessed | xx/ | Adjective |
| exiled | /x | Adjective |
| hindu | /x | Name, Adjective |
| impostor | x/x | Noun |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| mercantile | /xx | Adjective |
| moslem | /x | Name, Adjective |
| overthrown | xx/ | Verb |
| quack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| rascals | /x | Adjective |
| ruling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| scoundrels | /x | Adjective |
| smart aleck | /x/ | Name, Name |
| snobs | / | Noun, Verb |
| tailor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vanquished | /x | Adjective |
| vassal | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| wise guy | // | Name, Name |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
