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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| indeterminate | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| undefined | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective | 
| indefinable | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| unclear | x/ | Adjective, Adjective | 
| indistinct | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective | 
| dim | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| obscure | x/ | Adjective, Adjective | 
| faint | / | Adjective, Adjective | 
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| wispy | /x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| nebulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unspecific | xx/x | Adjective | 
| hazy | /x | Adjective | 
| imprecise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| dubious | /xx | Adjective | 
| muddled | /x | Adjective | 
| evasive | x/x | Adjective | 
| obtuse | x/ | Adjective | 
| misleading | x/x | Adjective | 
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective | 
| maddeningly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| frustratingly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| ominous | /xx | Adjective | 
| explicit | x/x | Adjective | 
| nonspecific | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inchoate | // | Adjective | 
| murky | /x | Adjective | 
| confuse | x/ | Verb | 
| fuzzy | /x | Noun | 
| suggestive | x/x | Adjective | 
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective | 
| sketchy | /x | Adjective | 
| cryptic | /x | Adjective | 
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unambiguous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective | 
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective | 
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| broad | / | Adjective | 
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| disturbingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| allusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| nonsensical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| weirdly | /x | Adverb | 
| misguided | x/x | Adjective | 
| inane | x/ | Noun | 
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective | 
| oddly | /x | Adverb | 
| uninformative | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective | 
| wordy | /x | Adjective | 
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective | 
| unfocused | x/x | Adjective | 
| unstated | x/x | Adjective | 
| unsubstantiated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| seeming | /x | Verb | 
| pithy | /x | Adjective | 
| clear | / | Adjective | 
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| strange | / | Adjective | 
| indecipherable | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective | 
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| troubling | /xx | Adjective | 
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| oversimplified | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| succinct | x/ | Adjective | 
| gauzy | /x | Noun | 
| annoyingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| unrealistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| silly | /x | Adjective | 
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective | 
| amorphous | x/x | Adjective | 
| aimless | /x | Adjective | 
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| hyperbolic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| rudimentary | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unspecified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| loose | / | Adjective | 
| undetermined | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unqualified | x/xx | Adjective | 
| unexpressed | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unspoken | x/x | Adjective | 
| unvoiced | x/ | Adjective | 
| unformed | x/ | Adjective | 
| gaseous | /xx | Adjective | 
| inexpressible | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| oblique | x/ | Adjective | 
| nameless | /x | Adjective | 
| muted | /x | Adjective | 
| unnamed | x/ | Adjective | 
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| abstract | x/ | Name | 
| unwritten | x/x | Adjective | 
| unliquidated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| unutterable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| nouvelle | x/ | Noun | 
| generalities | xx/xx | Noun | 
| presentiment | x/xx | Noun | 
| premonitions | xx/x | Noun | 
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun | 
| intimations | xx/x | Noun | 
| recollection | xx/x | Noun | 
| foreboding | x/x | Noun | 
| unease | x/ | Noun | 
| aches | / | Noun | 
| disquiet | x/x | Noun | 
| yearnings | /x | Noun | 
| misgiving | x/x | Noun | 
| rumours | xx | Noun | 
| promises | /xx | Noun | 
| longings | /x | Noun | 
| rumors | /x | Noun | 
| stirrings | /x | Noun | 
| apprehensions | xx/x | Noun | 
| generalisations | /xxx/x | Noun | 
| blur | / | Noun | 
| dread | / | Noun | 
| inkling | /x | Noun | 
| assurances | x/xx | Noun | 
| reminiscence | xx/x | Noun | 
| platitudes | /xx | Noun | 
| hints | / | Noun | 
| suspicions | x/x | Noun | 
| wording | /x | Noun | 
| abbe | /x | Noun | 
| abbreviations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| accuracy | /xxx | Noun | 
| acronyms | /xx | Noun | 
| agitator | /xxx | Noun | 
| ailment | /x | Noun | 
| allegories | /xxx | Noun | 
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| analytics | xx/x | Noun | 
| anemias | x/xx | Noun | 
| apperception | /x/x | Noun | 
| apprehending | xx/x | Noun | 
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| archduke | /x | Noun | 
| auberge | /x | Noun | 
| axillary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| backlash | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| banal | x/ | Adjective | 
| beginnings | x/x | Adjective | 
| blog | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blurry | /x | Adjective | 
| boat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| burst | / | Verb, Noun | 
| coy | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| defined | x/ | Adjective | 
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| diffuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| disparaging | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| disputed | x/x | Adjective | 
| distant | /x | Adjective | 
| elusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| feeble | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| flimsy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| flood | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| flurry | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| foggy | /x | Adjective | 
| fury | /x | Noun | 
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| generalised | /xx | Adjective | 
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| grainy | /x | Adjective | 
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| groundswell | /x | Noun | 
| hollow | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| hunch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| idea | x/x | Noun | 
| incisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| incomplete | xx/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| insecure | /xx | Adjective | 
| intangible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| lax | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| lazy | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| me | / | Noun | 
| mystery | /xx | Noun | 
| opaque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| outbreak | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| outpouring | x/x | Noun | 
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| pulse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rash | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| ripple | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| round | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| rush | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| spate | / | Noun, Verb | 
| surf | / | Noun, Verb | 
| surge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sweeping | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tide | / | Noun, Verb | 
| twilight | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| unequivocal | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unexplained | xx/ | Adjective | 
| unknown | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| unsure | x/ | Adjective | 
| untrue | x/ | Adjective | 
| upsurge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| vacant | /x | Adjective | 
| wasteland | /x | Noun | 
| wave | / | Noun, Verb | 
| weak | / | Adjective | 
| woolly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
