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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| disability | xx/xx  | Noun, Noun  | 
| mental retardation | /xxx/x  | Name, Name  | 
| impairment | x/x  | Noun  | 
| intellectualism | xxx/xxx  | Noun  | 
| intellect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| idiocy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| intelligence | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| brainpower | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mental disorder | /xx/x  | Name, Name  | 
| retardation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| brain | /  | Noun  | 
| special needs | /x/  | Name, Name  | 
| mental illness | /x/x  | Name, Name  | 
| incapacity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| stenosis | x/x  | Noun  | 
| intelligibility | x/xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| capacity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| emotional intelligence | x/xxx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| imbecility | /x/xx  | Noun  | 
| inability | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| liability | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| inferiority complex | xxx/xx/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| disorder | x/x  | Noun  | 
| innocence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mental health | /x/  | Name, Name  | 
| illiteracy | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| brilliance | /x  | Noun  | 
| ability | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| knowledge | /x  | Noun  | 
| invalidity | /x/xx  | Noun  | 
| debility | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| deafness | /x  | Noun  | 
| artificial intelligence | xx/xx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ineptitude | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| mind | /  | Noun  | 
| impotence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| inferiority | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| mentality | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| incompetency | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| state of mind | ///  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| ailment | /x  | Noun  | 
| second childhood | /x/x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| interest | /x  | Noun  | 
| aptitude | /xx  | Noun  | 
| indisposition | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| brightness | /x  | Noun  | 
| ineligibility | x/xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| profundity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| psychology | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| understanding | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| ideality | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| unfitness | x/x  | Noun  | 
| incompetence | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| illness | /x  | Noun  | 
| infertility | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| distractibility | x/x/xx  | Noun  | 
| dullness | /x  | Noun  | 
| criticality | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| reason | /x  | Noun  | 
| smartness | /x  | Noun  | 
| absence of mind | /x//  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| acuity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| blindness | /x  | Noun  | 
| aberration | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| crippling | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mindedness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dwarfism | /xx  | Noun  | 
| invention | x/x  | Noun  | 
| gender identity | /xx/xx  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| issue | /x  | Noun  | 
| intentionality | x/x/xx  | Noun  | 
| academic | xx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| achievement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| aesthetic | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| affliction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| alchemist | /xx  | Noun  | 
| amputation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| anxiety | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| artistic | x/x  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| artists | /x  | Adverb  | 
| assimilative | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| astronomical | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| barrier | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| behavior | x/x  | Noun  | 
| cause | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cerebral | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| charter | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| chin | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| civilizing | /xxx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| classifier | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| cognitive | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| commentators | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| complaint | x/  | Noun  | 
| conceptual | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| condition | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| constraint | x/  | Noun  | 
| consumption | x/x  | Noun  | 
| context | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| copyright | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| cultural | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| culture | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| curriculum | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| cycle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| damage | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| dazzle | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| defect | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| deficiency | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| deficient | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| deficit | /xx  | Noun  | 
| depth | /  | Noun  | 
| derangement | x/x  | Noun  | 
| deterioration | x/xxxx  | Noun  | 
| developmental | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| difficulty | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| disabled | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| disadvantage | xx/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| disease | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| disfigurement | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| disorganization | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| disorientation | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| disqualification | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| disturbance | x/x  | Noun  | 
| drawback | /x  | Noun  | 
| educators | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| emotional | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| entrepreneurial | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| environment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| expertise | xx/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| failure | /x  | Noun  | 
| feminist | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| function | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gap | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| geek | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| genius | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| glare | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| good | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| handicap | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hardware | /x  | Noun  | 
| helplessness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| highbrow | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| hindrance | /x  | Noun  | 
| historians | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| humanist | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| ideological | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| immaterial | xx/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| impediment | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| impotent | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| inadequacy | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| incapacitation | xxxx/x  | Noun  | 
| industrial | x/xx  | Adjective, Name  | 
| infirmity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| information | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| injury | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| intangible | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| intelligent | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| intelligentsia | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| introvert | /xx  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| invalid | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| journalists | /xx  | Verb  | 
| leftists | /x  | Noun  | 
| liberal | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| limitation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| literacy | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| literary | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| literati | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| loss | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| maimed | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| maladjustment | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| mastermind | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| measures | /x  | Noun  | 
| mentally | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| mentor | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| moral | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| morbidity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| mutilation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| nerd | /  | Noun  | 
| nota | /x  | Noun  | 
| nurturing | /xx  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| obstacle | /xx  | Noun  | 
| obstruction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| optimist | /xx  | Noun  | 
| patent | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| pensions | /x  | Noun  | 
| philosopher | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| physical | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| political | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| privacy | /xx  | Noun  | 
| prolapse | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| property | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| protection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| psychological | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| race | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| rational | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| reflective | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| rent | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| sceptic | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| scholar | /x  | Noun  | 
| scholarly | /xx  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| scholastic | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| scientist | /xx  | Noun  | 
| seer | /  | Noun  | 
| sensible | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| serious | /xx  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| sharpness | /x  | Noun  | 
| shortage | /x  | Noun  | 
| shortcoming | /xx  | Noun  | 
| shortfall | /x  | Noun  | 
| skeptic | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| sociologist | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
