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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 |
