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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| weak | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| tender | /x  | Adjective, Adjective, Noun  | 
| immature | xx/  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| susceptible | x/xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| threatened | /x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| endangered | x/x  | Adjective, Adjective, Verb  | 
| compromising | /xxx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| unsafe | x/  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| open | /x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| insecure | /xx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| defenseless | x/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| unprotected | xx/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| unguarded | x/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| undefended | xx/x  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| young | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| under attack | /xx/  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| under fire | /x/x  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| invulnerable | x/xxx  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| helpless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| fragile | /x  | Adjective  | 
| sensitive | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| disadvantaged | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| unstable | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| exploitable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| fearful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| vulnerabilities | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| exposed | x/  | Verb  | 
| powerless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| dangerous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| desperate | /x  | Adjective  | 
| frightened | /x  | Adjective  | 
| resilient | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| prone | /  | Adjective  | 
| weakened | /x  | Verb  | 
| unaffected | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| unprepared | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| protected | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| inaccessible | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| devastating | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| disempowered | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| isolated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| traumatized | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| frail | /  | Adjective  | 
| debilitated | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| impervious | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| timid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| impoverished | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| malicious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| opportunistic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| troubled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| untrustworthy | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| scared | /  | Verb  | 
| hostile | /x  | Adjective  | 
| mistrustful | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| inexperienced | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| innocent | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| unsympathetic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| critical | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| sheltered | /x  | Adjective  | 
| needy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| crippled | /x  | Verb  | 
| nervous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| uncomfortable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| impressionable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| disenfranchised | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| risky | /x  | Adjective  | 
| terrified | /xx  | Verb  | 
| delicate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| downtrodden | x/x  | Noun  | 
| traumatised | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| chronically | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| sympathetic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| afflicted | x/x  | Verb  | 
| hurting | /x  | Verb  | 
| damaging | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| potentially | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| preyed | /  | Verb  | 
| flawed | /  | Adjective  | 
| poor | /  | Adjective  | 
| marginalized | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| unscrupulous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| pitiable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| gullible | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| targeted | /xx  | Verb  | 
| distrustful | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| unattractive | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| invincible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| precarious | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| problematic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| harmful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| underdeveloped | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| harmed | /  | Verb  | 
| predatory | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| dependent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| inhospitable | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| unafraid | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| resistant | x/x  | Noun  | 
| profoundly | x/x  | Adverb  | 
| subject | x/  | Noun  | 
| liable | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| predisposed | xx/  | Verb  | 
| armed and dangerous | ///xx  | Phrase, Adjective  | 
| emotional | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| aware | x/  | Adjective  | 
| secure | x/  | Adjective  | 
| responsive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| avoidable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| concerned | x/  | Verb  | 
| live | /  | Verb  | 
| suicidal | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| overextended | xxx/x  | Verb  | 
| underbelly | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| plaque | /  | Noun  | 
| incumbents | x/x  | Noun  | 
| flanks | /  | Noun  | 
| heel | /  | Noun  | 
| underside | /xx  | Noun  | 
| populations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| alone | x/  | Adverb  | 
| salient | /xx  | Noun  | 
| silos | /x  | Noun  | 
| spot | /  | Noun  | 
| raw | /  | Noun  | 
| naked | /x  | Verb  | 
| economically | xx/xx  | Adverb  | 
| rear | /  | Noun  | 
| adolescent | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| subpopulations | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| leaves | /  | Verb  | 
| elders | /x  | Noun  | 
| physically | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| victims | /x  | Noun  | 
| position | x/x  | Noun  | 
| transports | x/  | Noun  | 
| politically | x/xxx  | Adverb  | 
| groups | /  | Noun  | 
| individuals | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| ecosystems | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| subgroup | /x  | Noun  | 
| renders | /x  | Verb  | 
| outposts | /x  | Noun  | 
| households | /x  | Noun  | 
| frontiers | x/  | Noun  | 
| femininity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| adult | x/  | Noun  | 
| advantaged | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| affluent | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| afraid | x/  | Adjective  | 
| baby | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| baffled | /x  | Adjective  | 
| briefing | /x  | Noun  | 
| brittle | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| child | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| death | /  | Noun  | 
| depressed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| destitute | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| difficult | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| easy | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| edentulous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| emotion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| favored | /x  | Adjective  | 
| favoured | /x  | Adjective  | 
| feeble | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| flimsy | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| healthiest | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| lackluster | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| likely | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| low | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| meek | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| muted | /x  | Adjective  | 
| naive | x/  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| oppressed | x/  | Adjective  | 
| porous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| receptive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| risk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sensible | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| sensitivity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| shaky | /x  | Adjective  | 
| shy | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| soft | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| susceptibility | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| tenuous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| thin | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| undernourished | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| underprivileged | /x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| venerable | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| weakness | /x  | Noun  | 
| wimp | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| woman | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| shirtless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
