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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| hopeful | /x | Adjective | 
| aspiring | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| aspirant | /xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| delusional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective | 
| naive | x/ | Adjective | 
| cynical | /xx | Adjective | 
| misguided | x/x | Adjective | 
| deluded | x/x | Adjective | 
| idealistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| foolish | /x | Adjective | 
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| shortsighted | //x | Adjective | 
| unrealistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| delusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| superstitious | xx/x | Adjective | 
| wistful | /x | Adjective | 
| pragmatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| quixotic | x/x | Adjective | 
| silly | /x | Adjective | 
| cynic | /x | Noun | 
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective | 
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective | 
| childish | /x | Adjective | 
| naivete | xxx/ | Noun | 
| fantastical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| farfetched | // | Adjective | 
| pious | /x | Adjective | 
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| credulous | /xx | Adjective | 
| positivistic | /xx/x | Adjective | 
| myopic | x/x | Adjective | 
| speculative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| dreaming | /x | Noun | 
| blinkered | /x | Adjective | 
| figment | /x | Noun | 
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| utopian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| presumptuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| illogical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| shrewd | / | Adjective | 
| gullible | /xx | Adjective | 
| unreflective | xx/x | Adjective | 
| vague | / | Adjective | 
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| erroneous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| solipsistic | x/xx | Adjective | 
| idealist | x/x | Noun | 
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective | 
| skeptical | /xx | Adjective | 
| plausible | /xx | Adjective | 
| baseless | /x | Adjective | 
| imaginings | x/xx | Noun | 
| uninformed | xx/ | Adjective | 
| disingenuous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| rationalistic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| dubious | /xx | Adjective | 
| dreamer | /x | Noun | 
| nonsense | /x | Noun | 
| conjecture | x/x | Noun | 
| egocentric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| overzealous | xx/x | Adjective | 
| thoughtless | /x | Adjective | 
| speculation | xx/x | Noun | 
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun | 
| chimerical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| wondered | /x | Verb | 
| ware | / | Noun | 
| romantic | x/x | Adjective | 
| toward | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| likely | /x | Adjective | 
| hungered | /x | Verb | 
| divine | x/ | Name | 
| needful | /x | Adjective | 
| might | / | Noun | 
| mindful | /x | Adjective | 
| ancient | /x | Noun | 
| fain | / | Noun | 
| sometimes | x/ | Adverb | 
| rare | / | Adjective | 
| devoted | x/x | Verb | 
| officious | x/x | Adjective | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| thinking | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| phantasy | /xx | Noun | 
| phantasies | /xx | Noun | 
| daydreams | /x | Noun | 
| appeasement | x/x | Noun | 
| fantasy | /xx | Noun | 
| thinkers | /x | Noun | 
| rationalizations | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| contrary | /xx | Noun | 
| impulses | /xx | Noun | 
| fancy | /x | Noun | 
| psychosis | x/x | Noun | 
| yearning | /x | Noun | 
| longing | /x | Noun | 
| projection | x/x | Noun | 
| illusions | x/x | Noun | 
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| prophecy | /xx | Noun | 
| thoughts | / | Noun | 
| expectation | xx/x | Noun | 
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| distortion | x/x | Noun | 
| hearing | /x | Noun | 
| denial | x/x | Noun | 
| hopes | / | Noun | 
| belief | x/ | Noun | 
| abstracted | /xx | Adjective | 
| advisable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| anachronistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective | 
| lustful | /x | Adjective | 
| muddled | /x | Adjective | 
| sanguine | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| unreal | x/ | Adjective | 
| vain | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| wish | / | Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
