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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| tried | / | Verb | 
| failed | / | Verb | 
| managed | /x | Verb | 
| sought | / | Verb | 
| endeavored | x/x | Verb | 
| refused | x/ | Verb | 
| able | /x | Adjective | 
| decided | x/x | Verb | 
| dared | / | Verb | 
| struggled | /x | Verb | 
| proceeded | x/x | Verb | 
| endeavoured | x/x | Verb | 
| helped | / | Verb | 
| unable | x/x | Adjective | 
| undertook | xx/ | Verb | 
| used | / | Verb | 
| wanted | /x | Verb | 
| forced | / | Verb | 
| canned | / | Name | 
| successfully | x/xx | Adverb | 
| opted | /x | Verb | 
| conspired | x/x | Verb | 
| begun | x/ | Verb | 
| allowed | x/ | Verb | 
| strived | / | Verb | 
| vowed | / | Verb | 
| deigned | / | Verb | 
| essayed | x/ | Verb | 
| resorted | x/x | Verb | 
| chose | / | Verb | 
| took | / | Verb | 
| tended | /x | Verb | 
| obliged | x/ | Verb | 
| aimed | / | Verb | 
| intended | x/x | Verb | 
| instructed | x/x | Verb | 
| continued | x/x | Verb | 
| devised | x/ | Verb | 
| cannot | /x | Adjective | 
| must | / | Verb, Noun | 
| initiated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| ventured | /x | Verb | 
| volunteered | xx/ | Verb | 
| needed | /x | Verb | 
| encouraged | x/x | Verb | 
| went | / | Verb | 
| utilized | /xx | Verb | 
| wished | / | Verb | 
| succeeded | x/x | Verb | 
| pretended | x/x | Verb | 
| contrive | x/ | Verb | 
| intervened | xx/ | Verb | 
| tempted | /x | Verb | 
| experimented | x/xxx | Verb | 
| thwarted | /x | Verb | 
| spearheaded | /xx | Verb | 
| suggested | x/x | Verb | 
| threatened | /x | Verb | 
| encountered | x/x | Verb | 
| agreed | x/ | Verb | 
| employed | x/ | Verb | 
| assisted | x/x | Verb | 
| planned | / | Adjective | 
| would | / | Verb, Noun | 
| have | / | Verb | 
| resisted | x/x | Verb | 
| instigated | /xxx | Verb | 
| urged | / | Verb | 
| concocted | x/x | Verb | 
| hoped | / | Verb | 
| advocated | /xxx | Verb | 
| collaborated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| sufficed | x/ | Verb | 
| compelled | x/ | Verb | 
| lobbied | /x | Verb | 
| stopped | / | Verb | 
| declined | x/ | Verb | 
| appeared | x/ | Verb | 
| hesitated | /xxx | Verb | 
| scrambled | /x | Verb | 
| asked | / | Verb | 
| advised | x/ | Verb | 
| recreate | /xx | Verb | 
| followed | /x | Verb | 
| aided | /x | Verb | 
| unwilling | x/x | Adjective | 
| evaded | x/x | Verb | 
| worked | / | Verb | 
| approached | x/ | Verb | 
| prompted | /x | Verb | 
| persuaded | x/x | Verb | 
| consented | x/x | Verb | 
| started | /x | Verb | 
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| finished | /x | Verb | 
| spent | / | Verb | 
| fallen | /x | Verb | 
| downed | / | Verb | 
| moved | / | Verb | 
| punished | /x | Verb | 
| completed | x/x | Verb | 
| stifled | /x | Adjective | 
| fired | /x | Verb | 
| done up | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| done | / | Verb | 
| exploded | x/x | Verb | 
| passed | / | Verb | 
| shamed | / | Verb | 
| foregone | // | Adjective | 
| losing | /x | Verb | 
| totalled | /x | Verb | 
| lapsed | / | Verb | 
| stolen | /x | Verb | 
| belated | x/x | Adjective | 
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| departed | x/x | Verb | 
| prior | /x | Adjective | 
| attended | x/x | Verb | 
| last | / | Adjective | 
| travelled | /x | Verb | 
| passé | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| visited | /xx | Verb | 
| apprehended | xx/x | Verb | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective | 
| over with | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective | 
| close | / | Adjective | 
| dropped | / | Verb | 
| murdered | /x | Verb | 
| filled | / | Verb | 
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| impeachment | x/x | Noun | 
| ouster | /x | Noun | 
| bribe | / | Noun | 
| holdup | /x | Noun | 
| suicides | /xx | Noun | 
| seduction | x/x | Noun | 
| usurpation | xx/x | Noun | 
| mutiny | /xx | Noun | 
| erasure | x/x | Noun | 
| swindle | /x | Noun | 
| envelopment | x/xx | Noun | 
| eviction | x/x | Noun | 
| reconquest | x/x | Noun | 
| evasion | x/x | Noun | 
| comeback | /x | Noun | 
| robbery | /xx | Noun | 
| insurrection | xx/x | Noun | 
| secession | x/x | Noun | 
| coups | / | Noun | 
| abduction | x/x | Noun | 
| lightness | /x | Noun | 
| reconciliation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| concealment | x/x | Noun | 
| homicide | /xx | Noun | 
| nonchalance | /x/ | Noun | 
| invasion | x/x | Noun | 
| deceit | x/ | Noun | 
| unconcern | xx/ | Noun | 
| treachery | /xx | Noun | 
| escapes | x/ | Noun | 
| encroachment | x/x | Noun | 
| cheerfulness | /xx | Noun | 
| aborted | x/x | Adjective | 
| abortive | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| addressed | x/ | Adjective | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| bid | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| botched | / | Adjective | 
| consumed | x/ | Adjective | 
| contemplated | /xxx | Verb | 
| dealt | / | Verb | 
| decoy | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| defy | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| desired | x/x | Adjective | 
| discussed | x/ | Verb | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| employee | x/x | Noun | 
| enacted | x/x | Verb | 
| eventual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| examined | x/x | Verb | 
| felonious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| focused | /x | Adjective | 
| foiled | / | Adjective | 
| forcible | /xx | Adjective | 
| frustrated | /xx | Adjective | 
| gradual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inclined | x/ | Adjective | 
| intent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| looked | / | Adjective | 
| made | / | Noun | 
| meditated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| premeditated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| proposed | x/ | Verb | 
| pursued | x/ | Verb | 
| quest | / | Noun, Verb | 
| searched | / | Verb | 
| tent | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| tested | /x | Noun | 
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective | 
| treated | /x | Adjective | 
| treaty | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| undergone | xx/ | Verb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
