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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| stick | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| hang | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| adhere | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| cohere | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| holding | /x  | Verb  | 
| tenaciously | x/xx  | Adverb  | 
| embrace | x/  | Noun  | 
| cherishing | /xx  | Noun  | 
| clambering | /xx  | Verb  | 
| dislodge | x/  | Verb  | 
| abandon | x/x  | Verb  | 
| deride | x/  | Verb  | 
| smother | /x  | Verb  | 
| forsake | x/  | Verb  | 
| stubbornly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| bury | /x  | Noun  | 
| defend | x/  | Verb  | 
| spurn | /  | Verb  | 
| retain | x/  | Verb  | 
| attach | x/  | Verb  | 
| discard | x/  | Verb  | 
| contradict | xx/  | Verb  | 
| perpetuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| jettison | /xx  | Noun  | 
| trying | /x  | Verb  | 
| contend | x/  | Verb  | 
| relinquish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| refusing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| espouse | x/  | Verb  | 
| maintain | x/  | Verb  | 
| shun | /  | Noun  | 
| tendency | /xx  | Noun  | 
| profess | x/  | Verb  | 
| shake | /  | Noun  | 
| tend | /  | Verb  | 
| seek | /  | Verb  | 
| wrest | /  | Verb  | 
| uphold | x/  | Verb  | 
| ignore | x/  | Verb  | 
| resurrect | xx/  | Verb  | 
| wanting | /x  | Verb  | 
| defy | x/  | Verb  | 
| detach | x/  | Verb  | 
| assail | x/  | Verb  | 
| ascribe | x/  | Verb  | 
| reject | x/  | Verb  | 
| renounce | x/  | Verb  | 
| desperately | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| steadfastly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| preferring | x/x  | Verb  | 
| stand | /  | Noun  | 
| suffocate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| proclaim | x/  | Verb  | 
| shatter | /x  | Noun  | 
| preserve | x/  | Verb  | 
| resist | x/  | Verb  | 
| detest | x/  | Adjective  | 
| pushing | /x  | Verb  | 
| encapsulate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| propagate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| adorn | x/  | Verb  | 
| embody | x/x  | Verb  | 
| keep | /  | Verb  | 
| oppose | x/  | Verb  | 
| scuttle | /x  | Verb  | 
| loath | /  | Adjective  | 
| conform | x/  | Verb  | 
| remain | x/  | Verb  | 
| eschew | x/  | Verb  | 
| scrabbling | /xx  | Verb  | 
| insist | x/  | Verb  | 
| dispel | x/  | Verb  | 
| betray | x/  | Verb  | 
| loathe | /  | Verb  | 
| continue | x/x  | Verb  | 
| surround | x/  | Verb  | 
| leave | /  | Verb  | 
| grasping | /x  | Verb  | 
| yearn | /  | Verb  | 
| topple | /x  | Verb  | 
| gather | /x  | Verb  | 
| wrestle | /x  | Verb  | 
| cleave | /  | Noun  | 
| attempting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| striving | /x  | Noun  | 
| persist | x/  | Verb  | 
| despise | x/  | Verb  | 
| remove | x/  | Verb  | 
| carry | /x  | Verb  | 
| wrap | /  | Noun  | 
| unite | /x  | Verb  | 
| persevere | xx/  | Verb  | 
| uproot | x/  | Verb  | 
| reinforce | xx/  | Verb  | 
| impose | x/  | Verb  | 
| renew | x/  | Verb  | 
| letting | /x  | Verb  | 
| refute | x/  | Verb  | 
| dangle | /x  | Noun  | 
| obliterate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| hide | /  | Noun  | 
| deconstruct | xx/  | Verb  | 
| clutching | /x  | Verb  | 
| erode | x/  | Verb  | 
| wriggle | /x  | Noun  | 
| deny | x/  | Verb  | 
| gnaw | /  | Verb  | 
| desiring | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| venerate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| struggling | /xx  | Verb  | 
| protect | x/  | Verb  | 
| flaunt | /  | Verb  | 
| transcend | x/  | Verb  | 
| encircle | x/x  | Verb  | 
| trample | /x  | Verb  | 
| wedded | /x  | Adjective  | 
| superimpose | xxx/  | Verb  | 
| repudiate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| extend | x/  | Verb  | 
| unwilling | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| entangle | x/x  | Verb  | 
| confine | x/  | Verb  | 
| pull | /  | Noun  | 
| allow | x/  | Verb  | 
| disprove | x/  | Verb  | 
| assert | x/  | Verb  | 
| come | /  | Verb  | 
| peddle | /x  | Verb  | 
| promulgate | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fixate | /x  | Verb  | 
| fervently | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| expose | x/  | Verb  | 
| distort | x/  | Verb  | 
| rely | x/  | Verb  | 
| accept | x/  | Verb  | 
| enshrine | x/  | Verb  | 
| vainly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| fasten | /x  | Verb  | 
| wishing | /x  | Verb  | 
| unable | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| conceal | x/  | Verb  | 
| consolidate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| pander | /x  | Noun  | 
| loosen | /x  | Verb  | 
| flog | /  | Verb  | 
| vindicate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| migrate | /x  | Verb  | 
| revive | x/  | Verb  | 
| believing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| reassert | xx/  | Verb  | 
| succumb | x/  | Verb  | 
| doggedly | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| imbue | x/  | Verb  | 
| move | /  | Noun  | 
| abide | x/  | Verb  | 
| penetrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| accumulate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| disperse | x/  | Verb  | 
| linger | /x  | Noun  | 
| kernel | /x  | Noun  | 
| berry | /x  | Noun  | 
| hull | /  | Noun  | 
| freestone | /x  | Noun  | 
| fruit | /  | Noun  | 
| pulp | /  | Noun  | 
| bough | /  | Verb  | 
| wind | /  | Adjective  | 
| vegetation | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| accede | x/  | Verb  | 
| broken | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| chalky | /x  | Adjective  | 
| coral | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| curling | /x  | Noun  | 
| dun | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| engage | x/  | Verb  | 
| flaked | /  | Adjective  | 
| flat | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| glittery | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| grab | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| grained | /  | Adjective  | 
| grind | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| gritty | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hag | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hug | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| litho | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| lithographic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| opaque | x/  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| perforated | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| porous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| pounded | /x  | Adjective  | 
| salad | /x  | Noun  | 
| grape | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| pigeon | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bog | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| butt | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| nickel | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| dicky | /x  | Name, Adjective  | 
| closet | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| gloss | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pidgin | /x  | Noun  | 
| bundle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sfa | x  | Name  | 
| daylight | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| maypole | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| girly | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| aisle | /  | Noun  | 
| blow | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
