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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| defect | /x  | Noun, Noun  | 
| forsake | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| abandon | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| desolate | /xx  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| godforsaken | /x/x  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| wild | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| inhospitable | x/xxx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| waste | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| lurch | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| oasis | x/x  | Noun  | 
| wasteland | /x  | Noun  | 
| arid | /x  | Noun  | 
| mojave | x/x  | Name  | 
| wilderness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| plains | /  | Noun  | 
| cactus | /x  | Noun  | 
| outback | /x  | Noun  | 
| mohave | x/  | Name  | 
| wadi | /x  | Noun  | 
| badlands | /x  | Noun  | 
| canyon | /x  | Noun  | 
| valley | /x  | Noun  | 
| barren | /x  | Adjective  | 
| mountains | /x  | Noun  | 
| dunes | /  | Noun  | 
| jungle | /x  | Noun  | 
| mirage | x/  | Noun  | 
| sagebrush | /x  | Noun  | 
| steppes | /  | Noun  | 
| bedouin | /xx  | Name  | 
| tundra | /x  | Noun  | 
| sahara | x/x  | Name  | 
| prairie | /x  | Noun  | 
| arctic | /x  | Noun  | 
| sands | /  | Noun  | 
| paradise | /xx  | Noun  | 
| sandstorm | /x  | Noun  | 
| waterless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| mountainside | /xx  | Noun  | 
| negev | /x  | Name  | 
| land | /  | Noun  | 
| mountainous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| grassland | /x  | Noun  | 
| cave | /  | Noun  | 
| expanse | x/  | Noun  | 
| savanna | x/x  | Noun  | 
| mountaintop | /xx  | Noun  | 
| playa | /x  | Noun  | 
| hilltop | /x  | Noun  | 
| kalahari | /x/x  | Name  | 
| swamp | /  | Noun  | 
| outpost | /x  | Noun  | 
| mesa | /x  | Noun  | 
| parched | /  | Adjective  | 
| saguaro | x/x  | Noun  | 
| chaparral | xx/  | Noun  | 
| vegetation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| arizona | xx/x  | Name  | 
| ranch | /  | Noun  | 
| dusty | /x  | Adjective  | 
| shack | /  | Noun  | 
| desertification | /xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| ocean | /x  | Noun  | 
| southwest | x/  | Noun  | 
| moonlit | /x  | Noun  | 
| sonoran | x/x  | Name  | 
| semiarid | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| tropical | /xx  | Noun  | 
| hills | /  | Noun  | 
| demerit | x/x  | Noun  | 
| just deserts | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| punishment | /xx  | Noun  | 
| destitution | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| devil | /x  | Noun  | 
| nemesis | /xx  | Noun  | 
| den of iniquity | //x/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| the pits | x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| wrath | /  | Noun  | 
| scorn | /  | Noun  | 
| despair | x/  | Noun  | 
| desperation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| disappointment | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| martyrdom | /xx  | Noun  | 
| shame | /  | Noun  | 
| want | /  | Verb  | 
| doom | /  | Noun  | 
| disparate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| derelict | /xx  | Noun  | 
| fate | /  | Noun  | 
| punishing | /xx  | Verb  | 
| dislike | x/  | Noun  | 
| cold | /  | Noun  | 
| juju | /x  | Noun  | 
| damning | /x  | Adjective  | 
| underprivileged | /x/x  | Noun  | 
| inequity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| curse | /  | Noun  | 
| extreme | x/  | Adjective  | 
| affliction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| discontent | xx/  | Noun  | 
| desperate | /x  | Adjective  | 
| dust | /  | Noun  | 
| pain | /  | Noun  | 
| displeasure | x/x  | Noun  | 
| disgrace | x/  | Noun  | 
| injury | /xx  | Noun  | 
| diatribe | /xx  | Noun  | 
| forfeit | /x  | Verb  | 
| short shrift | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| miserable | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| resentment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| injustice | x/x  | Noun  | 
| disaster | x/x  | Noun  | 
| ruth | /  | Name  | 
| consequence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| slough of despond | //x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| insult | x/  | Noun  | 
| despicable | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| indignation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| plight | /  | Noun  | 
| need | /  | Noun  | 
| disrepute | xx/  | Noun  | 
| hostile | /x  | Adjective  | 
| calamity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| unfairness | x/x  | Noun  | 
| villainy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| proverb | /x  | Noun  | 
| dejection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| condemnation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| thar | /  | Adjective  | 
| sown | /  | Noun  | 
| gobi | /x  | Name  | 
| zin | /  | Noun  | 
| uninhabitable | xx/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| judean | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| trackless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| alpine | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| arabian desert | x/xx/x  | Name, Adjective  | 
| burrowing | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dearth | /  | Noun  | 
| death valley | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| desertion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| dessert | x/  | Noun  | 
| ditch | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| drier | /x  | Noun  | 
| forest | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hillside | /x  | Noun  | 
| hilly | /x  | Adjective  | 
| hot | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| inform | x/  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| island | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| kalahari desert | /x/x/x  | Name, Name  | 
| laden | /x  | Adjective  | 
| leave | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| libyan desert | /xx/x  | Name, Noun  | 
| maroon | x/  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| marshy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| mojave desert | x/x/x  | Name, Name  | 
| montane | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| painted desert | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| pampas | /x  | Noun  | 
| rat | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| riverine | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| rodent | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| sable | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| saharan | /xx  | Name, Adjective  | 
| sandhills | /x  | Noun  | 
| sausage | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sinai | /x  | Name  | 
| strand | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| subalpine | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| subarctic | x/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| swampy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| temperate | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| treeless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| veld | x  | Noun  | 
| walk out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| western | /x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| breakeven | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| bulletproof | /xx  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| save | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
