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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| standard | /x  | Noun  | 
| performance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| yardstick | /x  | Noun  | 
| test | /  | Noun  | 
| comparison | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| metrics | /x  | Noun  | 
| guideline | /x  | Noun  | 
| measure | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| framework | /x  | Noun  | 
| comparable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| comparative | x/xx  | Name  | 
| objective | x/x  | Noun  | 
| touchstone | /x  | Noun  | 
| baseline | /x  | Noun  | 
| methodology | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| setting | /x  | Noun  | 
| outperform | /xx  | Verb  | 
| model | /x  | Noun  | 
| reference | /xx  | Noun  | 
| index | /x  | Noun  | 
| compare | x/  | Verb  | 
| tool | /  | Noun  | 
| measurement | /xx  | Noun  | 
| definitive | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| pinnacle | /xx  | Noun  | 
| criterion | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| landmark | /x  | Noun  | 
| barometer | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| record | x/  | Noun  | 
| spec | /  | Noun  | 
| threshold | /x  | Noun  | 
| snapshot | /x  | Noun  | 
| flagship | /x  | Noun  | 
| ultimate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| strategy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| simulation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| rubric | /x  | Noun  | 
| average | /xx  | Noun  | 
| marker | /x  | Noun  | 
| mark | /  | Noun  | 
| routine | x/  | Noun  | 
| score | /  | Noun  | 
| target | /x  | Noun  | 
| goal | /  | Noun  | 
| medium | /xx  | Noun  | 
| statistic | x/x  | Noun  | 
| sample | /x  | Noun  | 
| grade | /  | Noun  | 
| data set | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| quota | /x  | Noun  | 
| margin | /x  | Noun  | 
| assessment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| critique | x/  | Noun  | 
| point | /  | Noun  | 
| mock | /  | Adjective  | 
| task | /  | Noun  | 
| rule of thumb | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| expectation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| universe | /xx  | Noun  | 
| paradigm | /xx  | Noun  | 
| example | x/x  | Noun  | 
| rating | /x  | Noun  | 
| prototype | /xx  | Noun  | 
| quality assurance | /xxx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| track record | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| note | /  | Noun  | 
| course | /  | Noun  | 
| bill | /  | Noun  | 
| clock | /  | Noun  | 
| mean | /  | Noun  | 
| survey | x/  | Noun  | 
| appraisal | x/x  | Noun  | 
| checkpoint | /x  | Noun  | 
| blue book | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| object | /x  | Noun  | 
| mean time | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| specifications | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| field test | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| litmus test | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| stand | /  | Noun  | 
| full marks | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| reality check | x/xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| trial run | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| checkup | /x  | Noun  | 
| time | /  | Noun  | 
| evaluation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| panel | /x  | Noun  | 
| experiment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| dose | /  | Noun  | 
| epoch | /x  | Noun  | 
| timer | /x  | Noun  | 
| peak | /  | Noun  | 
| proof | /  | Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun  | 
| brand | /  | Noun  | 
| verdict | /x  | Noun  | 
| chart | /  | Noun  | 
| outline | /x  | Noun  | 
| pattern | /x  | Noun  | 
| audit | /x  | Noun  | 
| indicator | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| ramp | /  | Noun  | 
| check | /  | Noun  | 
| frame | /  | Noun  | 
| workbook | /x  | Noun  | 
| learning curve | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| subject | x/  | Noun  | 
| batch | /  | Noun  | 
| review | x/  | Noun  | 
| reckoning | /xx  | Noun  | 
| lesson | /x  | Noun  | 
| trial | /x  | Noun  | 
| breakout | /x  | Noun  | 
| scheme | /  | Noun  | 
| basis | /x  | Noun  | 
| case | /  | Noun  | 
| budget | /x  | Noun  | 
| demonstration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| practice | /x  | Noun  | 
| time frame | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| preset | x/  | Noun  | 
| poll | /  | Noun  | 
| work | /  | Noun  | 
| market | /x  | Noun  | 
| achievement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| project | /x  | Noun  | 
| observation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| case in point | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| showing | /x  | Verb  | 
| tempo | /x  | Noun  | 
| portfolio | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| brown | /  | Name  | 
| pricing | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| gauging | /x  | Verb  | 
| customized | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| relative | /xx  | Noun  | 
| competitors | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| useful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| judging | /x  | Verb  | 
| excellence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| convenient | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| normative | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| assessing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| serves | /  | Verb  | 
| terminology | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| simulates | /xx  | Verb  | 
| deviations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| synthetic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| valuation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| elevation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| investors | x/x  | Noun  | 
| neoclassical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| norm | /  | Noun  | 
| appropriate | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| above | x/  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| accurate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| adjusted | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| aforementioned | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| analysis | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| approach | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| approximate | x/xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| authority | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| background | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bar | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| base | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| basic | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| beacon | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bench | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bridgehead | /x  | Noun  | 
| calibrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| calibration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| citation | x/x  | Noun  | 
| comparator | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| compass | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adverb  | 
| compliance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| condition | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cornerstone | /xx  | Noun  | 
| coverage | /xx  | Noun  | 
| credential | x/x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| cue | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| datum | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| deductive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| descriptor | x/x  | Noun  | 
| eligible | /xxx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| footnote | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| guidance | /x  | Noun  | 
| identifies | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| illustrative | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| indicative | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| initial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| key | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| lair | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| locating | /xx  | Noun  | 
| locator | /xx  | Noun  | 
| main | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| major | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| mention | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| meta | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| method | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| numerical | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| parameter | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| period | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| preferential | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| primary | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| principal | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| proficiency | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| prover | /x  | Noun  | 
| qualifying | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| quantify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| ranking | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| rationale | xx/  | Noun  | 
| ref | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| refer | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| referent | /xx  | Noun  | 
| referral | x/x  | Noun  | 
| repository | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| requirement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| restoration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| retest | //  | Noun, Verb  | 
| scale | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| semiquantitative | xx/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| signpost | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| source | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| spot | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| stage | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| stallion | /x  | Noun  | 
| status | /x  | Noun  | 
| statute | /x  | Noun  | 
| step | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| stud | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| template | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| treatment | /x  | Noun  | 
| unadjusted | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| validated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| witness | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| collocation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| chunk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| cluster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
