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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| wavering | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| irresolute | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| vacillation | xx/x | Noun | 
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| indecision | xx/x | Noun | 
| dithering | /xx | Noun | 
| fluctuating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| hesitating | /xxx | Verb | 
| fretful | /x | Adjective | 
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inconstant | x/x | Adjective | 
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective | 
| lurching | /x | Verb | 
| restless | /x | Adjective | 
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| doubting | /x | Verb | 
| flailing | /x | Verb | 
| resolute | /xx | Adjective | 
| despairing | x/x | Noun | 
| erratic | x/x | Adjective | 
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| flitting | /x | Verb | 
| agonized | /xx | Adjective | 
| floundering | /xx | Noun | 
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective | 
| deliberating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| diffident | /xx | Adjective | 
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| faltering | /xx | Adjective | 
| musing | /x | Noun | 
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective | 
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective | 
| seeming | /x | Verb | 
| quivering | /xx | Verb | 
| questioning | /xx | Noun | 
| blundering | /xx | Noun | 
| swaying | /x | Verb | 
| ruminating | /xxx | Verb | 
| acquiescing | xx/x | Verb | 
| buffeted | x/ | Verb | 
| shifty | /x | Adjective | 
| truculent | /xx | Adjective | 
| weak | / | Adjective | 
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| steadfast | /x | Adjective | 
| blustering | /xx | Adjective | 
| aimless | /x | Adjective | 
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective | 
| vehement | /xx | Adjective | 
| fickle | /x | Adjective | 
| muddling | /xx | Verb | 
| pondering | /xx | Verb | 
| shifting | /x | Verb | 
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective | 
| listless | /x | Adjective | 
| mulling | /x | Verb | 
| spasmodic | x/x | Adjective | 
| flighty | /x | Adjective | 
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| alternating | /xxx | Noun | 
| capricious | x/x | Adjective | 
| debating | x/x | Noun | 
| obdurate | /xx | Adjective | 
| befuddled | x/x | Adjective | 
| timid | /x | Adjective | 
| unstable | x/x | Adjective | 
| mercurial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| feckless | /x | Adjective | 
| unprincipled | x/xx | Adjective | 
| meandering | x/xx | Noun | 
| shaky | /x | Adjective | 
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective | 
| plodding | /x | Verb | 
| scheming | /x | Noun | 
| reconsidering | xx/xx | Verb | 
| fractious | /x | Adjective | 
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| quavering | /xx | Adjective | 
| cringing | /x | Noun | 
| badgering | /xx | Noun | 
| varying | /xx | Verb | 
| fearful | /x | Adjective | 
| prodding | /x | Noun | 
| veering | /x | Verb | 
| querulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| evasive | x/x | Adjective | 
| impatient | x/x | Adjective | 
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective | 
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective | 
| unsure | x/ | Adjective | 
| persisting | x/x | Verb | 
| impotent | /xx | Adjective | 
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| zigzagging | /xx | Verb | 
| agonised | /xx | Adjective | 
| tottering | /xx | Verb | 
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| perpetually | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| anguished | /x | Adjective | 
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| oscillating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| peripatetic | xxx/x | Noun | 
| itinerant | x/xx | Adjective | 
| revolving | x/x | Adjective | 
| swiveled | /x | Verb | 
| moods | / | Noun | 
| confused | x/ | Verb | 
| monarch | /x | Noun | 
| temperament | /xx | Noun | 
| fortunes | /x | Noun | 
| attitude | /xx | Noun | 
| policy | /xx | Noun | 
| bourgeoisie | xx/ | Noun | 
| emperor | /xx | Noun | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun | 
| temper | /x | Noun | 
| king | / | Noun | 
| politician | xx/x | Noun | 
| mind | / | Noun | 
| rhythm | /x | Noun | 
| course | / | Noun | 
| character | /xx | Noun | 
| stance | / | Noun | 
| commander | x/x | Noun | 
| emotions | x/x | Noun | 
| weakness | /x | Noun | 
| disposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| arid | /x | Adjective | 
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| boast | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cautious | /x | Adjective | 
| changed | / | Adjective | 
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| christmas | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| combative | x/x | Adjective | 
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| disguise | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dozen | /x | Noun | 
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| halting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| headstrong | /x | Adjective | 
| infirm | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| irreligious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| kate | / | Name | 
| magnanimous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| petty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pleasing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shaken | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sleeping | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| submissive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tack | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| willed | / | Adjective | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
