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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| counterweight | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| balance | /x  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| offset | x/  | Verb, Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| compensate | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| oppose | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| counteract | /xx  | Verb, Verb, Noun  | 
| equalizer | /xxx  | Noun, Noun  | 
| neutralize | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| equipoise | x//  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| equilibrium | xx/xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| even out | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| counterpoint | /xx  | Noun  | 
| bolster | /x  | Noun  | 
| accentuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| complement | /xx  | Noun  | 
| unbalance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| antithesis | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| countering | /xx  | Verb  | 
| mitigate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| imbalance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| amplify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| neutralise | /xx  | Verb  | 
| bracing | /x  | Verb  | 
| fulcrum | /x  | Noun  | 
| complementary | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| disproportionate | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| dampening | /xx  | Noun  | 
| underpinning | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| combination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| antidote | /xx  | Noun  | 
| nullify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| preponderance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| substantial | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| negate | x/  | Verb  | 
| overpowering | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| reinforce | xx/  | Verb  | 
| bulwark | /x  | Noun  | 
| undercut | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| accompaniment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| concomitant | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| augmenting | /xx  | Verb  | 
| preponderant | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| boosting | /x  | Verb  | 
| strengthening | /xx  | Noun  | 
| beneficial | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| inherent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| antithetical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| exert | x/  | Verb  | 
| suppressing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| support | x/  | Noun  | 
| sustain | x/  | Verb  | 
| supplementary | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| adjusting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| suppression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| tilting | /x  | Noun  | 
| attenuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| moderate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| salutary | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| leverage | /xx  | Noun  | 
| harmonizing | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| lends | /  | Verb  | 
| weight | /  | Noun  | 
| dumbbell | /x  | Noun  | 
| beam and scales | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| scale | /  | Noun  | 
| rider | /x  | Noun  | 
| lift | /  | Noun  | 
| pendulum | /xx  | Noun  | 
| kilogram | /xx  | Noun  | 
| plumb line | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| metrology | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| barometer | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| calipers | /xx  | Noun  | 
| caliber | /xx  | Noun  | 
| reference | /xx  | Noun  | 
| abacus | /xx  | Noun  | 
| measure | /x  | Noun  | 
| load | /  | Noun  | 
| gauge | /  | Noun  | 
| magnitude | /xx  | Noun  | 
| sash | /  | Noun  | 
| disadvantage | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| inferiority | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| pull | /  | Noun  | 
| predominance | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| tendencies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dominance | /xx  | Noun  | 
| evils | /x  | Noun  | 
| excesses | x/x  | Noun  | 
| hegemony | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| biases | /xx  | Noun  | 
| superiority | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| weaknesses | /xx  | Noun  | 
| spur | /  | Noun  | 
| influence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| advantages | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| might | /  | Noun  | 
| serves | /  | Verb  | 
| deficiencies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| gravity | /xx  | Noun  | 
| want | /  | Noun  | 
| losses | /x  | Noun  | 
| effects | x/  | Noun  | 
| exactly | x/x  | Adverb  | 
| shortcomings | /xx  | Noun  | 
| partly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| thrust | /  | Noun  | 
| alliance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| forces | /x  | Noun  | 
| domination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| gains | /  | Noun  | 
| inequalities | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| partially | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| suffice | x/  | Verb  | 
| defects | /x  | Noun  | 
| contend | x/  | Verb  | 
| analogy | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| breakeven | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| check | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| clue | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| contrast | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| corrective | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| corroboration | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| counterpart | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| counterparty | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| deterrents | x/x  | Noun  | 
| groundwork | /x  | Noun  | 
| incentive | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| means | /  | Noun  | 
| motivation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| motivator | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| outweigh | /x  | Verb  | 
| prop | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| proportion | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rebalance | x/x  | Verb  | 
| safeguard | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| springboard | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| symmetry | /xx  | Noun  | 
| tare | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| wrapper | /x  | Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| save | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| off | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| stovepipe | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
