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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| pale | /  | Adjective, Adjective  | 
| overshadow | /x/x  | Verb  | 
| dwarf | /  | Noun  | 
| small | /  | Adjective  | 
| stain | /  | Noun  | 
| diminish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| put to shame | ///  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| shade | /  | Noun  | 
| slight | /  | Adjective  | 
| cut down to size | ////  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| belittle | x/x  | Verb  | 
| vanish | /x  | Verb  | 
| subordinate | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| vanish into thin air | /xx///  | Phrase  | 
| pall | /  | Noun  | 
| fade away | /xx  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| underestimate | /x/xx  | Verb  | 
| faint | /  | Adjective  | 
| trifle | /x  | Noun  | 
| minimize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| undertone | /xx  | Noun  | 
| peter out | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| play down | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| downplay | /x  | Verb  | 
| dominate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| overpower | xx/x  | Verb  | 
| peter | /x  | Name  | 
| put in the shade | /xx/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| extinguish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| invisible | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| bury | /x  | Noun  | 
| humiliate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| slip away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| eclipse | x/  | Noun  | 
| fall off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| flatten | /x  | Verb  | 
| weaken | /x  | Verb  | 
| disappear | xx/  | Verb  | 
| blow over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| efface | x/  | Verb  | 
| look down on | ///  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| lessen | /x  | Verb  | 
| relegate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| downsize | /x  | Verb  | 
| demean | x/  | Verb  | 
| dull | /  | Adjective  | 
| pauper | /x  | Noun  | 
| nought | /  | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb  | 
| thin | /  | Adjective  | 
| bring down | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| stare | /  | Noun  | 
| understate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| languish | /x  | Verb  | 
| take away from | /x//  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| melt into | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| wash over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| blend in | /x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| underweight | /xx  | Noun  | 
| lower | /x  | Adjective  | 
| wane | /  | Noun  | 
| shadow | /x  | Noun  | 
| blemish | /x  | Noun  | 
| condescend | xx/  | Verb  | 
| poof | /  | Noun  | 
| perish | /x  | Verb  | 
| overwhelm | xx/  | Verb  | 
| lose sight of | ///  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| obfuscate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| lighten | /x  | Verb  | 
| humble | /x  | Adjective  | 
| gloss over | //x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| fall away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| outstrip | x/  | Verb  | 
| dwindle | /x  | Verb  | 
| depreciate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| shrink | /  | Verb  | 
| obscure | x/  | Adjective  | 
| stink | /  | Noun  | 
| lose out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| puff up | /x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| wimp | /  | Noun  | 
| loom | /  | Noun  | 
| poor | /  | Adjective  | 
| resemble | x/x  | Verb  | 
| astonish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fade | /  | Noun  | 
| blur | /  | Noun  | 
| blow away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| scant | /  | Adjective  | 
| meagre | /x  | Adjective  | 
| taper off | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| get lost | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| shave | /  | Verb  | 
| decrease | x/  | Noun  | 
| sallow | /x  | Adjective  | 
| compare | x/  | Verb  | 
| blow out of proportion | ///x/x  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| afflict | x/  | Verb  | 
| about | x/  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| abroad | x/  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| access | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| across | x/  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| affirmative | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| affirming | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| after | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| again | x/  | Adverb  | 
| against | x/  | Adverb  | 
| ahead | x/  | Adverb  | 
| air | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| all | /  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| alone | x/  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| along | x/  | Adverb  | 
| among | x/  | |
| appears | x/  | Adverb  | 
| around | x/  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| ashen | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| ashy | /x  | Adjective  | 
| at | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| audited | /xx  | Verb, Adjective, Name  | 
| authoritative | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| backup | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bal | /  | Name  | 
| bali | /x  | Name  | 
| ballet | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| barrenness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| became | x/  | Verb  | 
| below | x/  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| blade | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| blah | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| blanch | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| bluish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| bright | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| brownish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| cast | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| cause | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| circa | /x  | Noun  | 
| click | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| coherent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| cohesive | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| color | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| colorless | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| colour | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| commit | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| concerning | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| confident | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| consolidated | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| coppery | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| correct | x/  | Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| counter | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb  | 
| crisp | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| dans | /  | Verb  | 
| dark | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| dead | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| declaratory | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| depravity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| depriving | x/x  | Verb  | 
| descend | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| destination | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| destitution | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| devoid | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| dissolve | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| done | /  | Verb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| down | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| during | /x  | Noun  | 
| dusky | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| eat | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| enclosure | x/x  | Noun  | 
| enter | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| entrance | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| entry | /x  | Noun  | 
| everything | /xx  | Noun  | 
| face | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| feather | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| feeble | /x  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| flame | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| form | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| forward | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| full | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| ghastly | /x  | Adjective, Adverb  | 
| ghost | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| gray | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| grayish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| greenish | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| grey | /  | Adjective, Name, Verb  | 
| heavy | /x  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| helplessness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| imbecility | /x/xx  | Noun  | 
| impeller | x/x  | Noun  | 
| impossibility | xxx/xx  | Noun  | 
| impotence | /xx  | Noun  | 
| incapacity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| incorporate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| inside | x/  | Adverb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| integrate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| investigate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| irrelevance | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| join | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| lackluster | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| last | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| leap | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| light | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb  | 
| livid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| lose | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| magisterial | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| make | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| mealy | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| meaninglessness | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| meanness | /x  | Noun  | 
| minimal | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| minimum | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| moderate | /xx  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| nova | /x  | Noun  | 
| obscurity | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| off | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| onto | /x  | Adjective  | 
| out | /  | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| pal | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pallid | /x  | Adjective  | 
| pariah | x/x  | Noun  | 
| part | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| partaking | x/x  | Noun  | 
| participating | x/xxx  | Adjective  | 
| penury | /xx  | Noun  | 
| per | /  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| performative | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| persists | x/  | Verb  | 
| picket | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| pinkish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| place | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| predominate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| preposition | xx/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| purplish | /x  | Adjective  | 
| rapt | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| reddish | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| regarding | x/x  | Noun  | 
| ruddy | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb  | 
| serving | /x  | Noun  | 
| shall | /  | Verb  | 
| shine | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| sick | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| significance | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| skin | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| soft | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| something | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| south | /  | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| space | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sur | /  | Verb  | 
| tan | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| through | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun  | 
| throughout | x/  | Adverb  | 
| till | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| to | /  | Adverb, Noun  | 
| together | x/x  | Adverb, Adjective  | 
| toward | x/  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| under | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| unfitness | x/x  | Noun  | 
| unworthiness | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| uselessness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| venter | /x  | Noun  | 
| vers | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| wan | /  | Name, Adjective  | 
| weak | /  | Adjective  | 
