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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| mounting | /x | Noun | 
| behest | x/ | Noun | 
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| connivance | x/x | Noun | 
| instigators | /xxx | Noun | 
| pretext | /x | Noun | 
| initiating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| fomenting | /xx | Verb | 
| inciting | x/x | Verb | 
| goading | /x | Noun | 
| provocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| denunciation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| suspecting | x/x | Verb | 
| accusation | xx/x | Noun | 
| acquiescence | xx/x | Noun | 
| insistence | x/x | Noun | 
| impetus | /xx | Noun | 
| preparatory | x/xxx | Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective | 
| accuse | x/ | Verb | 
| facilitating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| perpetration | /x/x | Noun | 
| sanction | /x | Noun | 
| suspicion | x/x | Noun | 
| intention | x/x | Noun | 
| retaliation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| justifying | /xxx | Verb | 
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| sabotage | /xx | Noun | 
| quelling | /x | Verb | 
| facilitation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| consequent | /xx | Adjective | 
| involvement | x/x | Noun | 
| protestation | xx/x | Noun | 
| effrontery | x/xx | Noun | 
| pretence | x/ | Noun | 
| manifestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| vacillation | xx/x | Noun | 
| urging | /x | Verb | 
| incipient | x/xx | Adjective | 
| covert | /x | Adjective | 
| complicity | x/xx | Noun | 
| furtherance | /xx | Noun | 
| scheming | /x | Noun | 
| promulgation | x/xx | Noun | 
| thwarting | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| suggestion | x/x | Noun | 
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun | 
| inducing | x/x | Adjective | 
| agitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| repression | x/x | Noun | 
| engendering | x/xx | Noun | 
| vehement | /xx | Adjective | 
| provoke | x/ | Verb | 
| vilification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| spite | / | Noun | 
| investigation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inducement | x/x | Noun | 
| alluding | x/x | Verb | 
| contriving | x/x | Noun | 
| intervention | xx/x | Noun | 
| justification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun | 
| treason | /x | Noun | 
| alleged | x/ | Adjective | 
| recourse | /x | Noun | 
| leading | /x | Verb | 
| suppression | x/x | Noun | 
| ascribing | x/x | Verb | 
| dissension | x/x | Noun | 
| contemplation | xx/x | Noun | 
| preparation | xx/x | Noun | 
| experimentation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| prodding | /x | Noun | 
| collusion | x/x | Noun | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| putting | /x | Verb | 
| instillation | /x/x | Noun | 
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inflammation | xx/x | Noun | 
| enticement | x/x | Noun | 
| elicitation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| infliction | x/x | Noun | 
| ignition | x/x | Noun | 
| causation | x/x | Noun | 
| exhortation | xx/x | Noun | 
| kindling | /x | Noun | 
| deterrence | x/x | Noun | 
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun | 
| incrimination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| enactment | x/x | Noun | 
| irritation | xx/x | Noun | 
| vindication | xx/x | Noun | 
| evocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| motivation | xx/x | Noun | 
| indoctrination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| immolation | /xxx | Noun | 
| invalidation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| tempting | /x | Adjective | 
| manipulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| aggression | x/x | Verb | 
| conditioning | x/xx | Verb | 
| vicarious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| devil | /x | Noun | 
| imperialists | x/xxx | Noun | 
| murdered | /x | Verb | 
| richelieu | /xx | Name | 
| hera | /x | Name | 
| expectancies | x/xx | Noun | 
| agitators | /xxx | Noun | 
| stepmother | /xx | Noun | 
| jesuits | /xx | Name | 
| revolted | x/x | Verb | 
| aftercare | /xx | Noun | 
| agency | /xx | Noun | 
| application | xx/x | Noun | 
| ascent | x/ | Noun | 
| backers | /x | Noun | 
| boost | / | Verb, Noun | 
| call | / | Verb, Noun | 
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| decommissioning | xx/xx | Noun | 
| emissaries | /xxx | Noun | 
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| encouragement | x/xx | Noun | 
| enrichment | x/x | Noun | 
| espionage | /xxx | Noun | 
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| impulse | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| incentive | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| influence | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| initiative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| interlocutor | xx/xx | Noun | 
| leadership | /xx | Noun | 
| momentum | x/x | Noun | 
| occupation | xx/x | Noun | 
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| preparative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prewriting | /xx | Noun | 
| proposal | x/x | Noun | 
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| pulse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| push | / | Verb, Noun | 
| request | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| sedition | x/x | Noun | 
| seditious | x/x | Adjective | 
| sponsorship | /xx | Noun | 
| spur | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stimulus | /xx | Noun | 
| substitution | xx/x | Noun | 
| tricky | /x | Adjective | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
