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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| evade | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| circumvent | xx/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| elude | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| deflect | x/  | Verb, Verb  | 
| dodge | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| counter | /x  | Noun, Noun  | 
| sidestep | /x  | Noun, Noun, Verb  | 
| duck | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| hedge | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| block | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| skirt | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| fudge | /  | Noun, Noun  | 
| put off | //  | Phrase, Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| rapier | /xx  | Noun  | 
| spear | /  | Noun  | 
| thrust | /  | Noun  | 
| sword | /  | Noun  | 
| melee | /x  | Noun  | 
| riposte | x/  | Noun  | 
| volley | /x  | Noun  | 
| deflection | x/x  | Noun  | 
| attack | x/  | Noun  | 
| dagger | /x  | Noun  | 
| counterattack | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| evasion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| barb | /  | Noun  | 
| buckler | /xx  | Noun  | 
| opponent | x/x  | Noun  | 
| ward off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| fend off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| ward | /  | Noun  | 
| guard against | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| defend | x/  | Verb  | 
| fight back | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| avert | x/  | Verb  | 
| strike back | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| repel | x/  | Verb  | 
| turn away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| avoid | x/  | Verb  | 
| put away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| ride off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| fight | /  | Noun  | 
| swerve | /  | Noun  | 
| forbear | x/  | Verb  | 
| pelt | /  | Noun  | 
| fight off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| intercept | xx/  | Noun  | 
| steer clear | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| wear | /  | Noun  | 
| thwart | /  | Verb  | 
| fend | /  | Verb  | 
| forestall | x/  | Verb  | 
| miss | /  | Name  | 
| shun | /  | Noun  | 
| pardon | /x  | Noun  | 
| tackle | /x  | Noun  | 
| traverse | /x  | Noun  | 
| wield | /  | Verb  | 
| combat | /x  | Noun  | 
| parley | /x  | Noun  | 
| keep out of | ///  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| keep from | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| retaliate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| withstand | x/  | Verb  | 
| resist | x/  | Verb  | 
| bulwark | /x  | Noun  | 
| preempt | /x  | Verb  | 
| shy away from | /x//  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| counteract | /xx  | Verb  | 
| back away | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| block out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| keep back | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| prevent | x/  | Verb  | 
| pare | /  | Noun  | 
| puff | /  | Noun  | 
| refrain | x/  | Noun  | 
| rive | /  | Noun  | 
| round | /  | Noun  | 
| punch | /  | Noun  | 
| retract | x/  | Verb  | 
| save | /  | Verb  | 
| oppose | x/  | Verb  | 
| hurdle | /x  | Noun  | 
| pall | /  | Noun  | 
| keep out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| disarm | x/  | Verb  | 
| wrench | /  | Noun  | 
| escape | x/  | Noun  | 
| throw | /  | Verb  | 
/x  | Noun  | |
| spare | /  | Adjective  | 
| forgive | x/  | Verb  | 
| roll | /  | Noun  | 
| pike | /  | Noun  | 
| finesse | x/  | Noun  | 
| punt | /  | Noun  | 
| refuse | x/  | Noun  | 
| barrier | /xx  | Noun  | 
| battle | /x  | Noun  | 
| spar | /  | Noun  | 
| picket | /x  | Noun  | 
| like | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb  | 
| attempt | x/  | Noun  | 
| umbrage | /x  | Noun  | 
| warp | /  | Noun  | 
| bicker | /x  | Noun  | 
| eschew | x/  | Verb  | 
| fray | /  | Noun  | 
| help | /  | Noun  | 
| retire | x/  | Verb  | 
| quarrel with | /xx  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| sherlock | /x  | Name  | 
| bloch | /  | Name  | 
| pretenders | x/x  | Noun  | 
| lunge | /  | Noun  | 
| ricks | /  | Noun  | 
| elgar | /x  | Name  | 
| rustin | /x  | Name  | 
| ashley | /x  | Name  | 
| mcmillan | x/x  | Name  | 
| vernon | /x  | Name  | 
| essen | /x  | Name  | 
| slater | /x  | Name  | 
| astonish | x/x  | Verb  | 
| wintered | /x  | Verb  | 
| lyon | /x  | Name  | 
| maurice | x/  | Name  | 
| ross | /  | Name  | 
| squire | /  | Noun  | 
| arafat | /xx  | Name  | 
| carol | /x  | Name  | 
| cecil | /x  | Name  | 
| franklin | /x  | Name  | 
| kelly | /x  | Name  | 
| martinez | x/x  | Name  | 
| gladstone | /x  | Name  | 
| carter | /x  | Name  | 
| caldwell | /x  | Name  | 
| maiden | /x  | Noun  | 
| semicircular | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| lord | /  | Noun  | 
| delusions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| kirk | /  | Name  | 
| pearson | /x  | Name  | 
| craig | /  | Name  | 
| conrad | /x  | Name  | 
| watts | /  | Noun  | 
| clark | /  | Name  | 
| bare | /  | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb  | 
| bari | /x  | Name  | 
| barry | /x  | Name, Adjective  | 
| bastion | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| billings | /x  | Noun  | 
| boss | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| camp | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| candidate | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| club | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| commercial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| communist | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| con | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| conservative | x/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| corrupt | x/  | Adjective, Verb  | 
| democratic | xx/x  | Adjective, Name  | 
| faction | /x  | Noun  | 
| hank | /  | Name, Verb  | 
| hostile | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| jones | /  | Name, Verb  | 
| launch | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| leaning | /x  | Noun  | 
| left | /  | Adjective, Noun, Adverb  | 
| majority | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| multiparty | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| nonparty | x/x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| off | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| oligarchic | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| parade | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| party | /x  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| patrimonial | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| perry | /x  | Name  | 
| producer | x/x  | Noun  | 
| rally | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| romberg | /x  | Name  | 
| serving | /x  | Noun  | 
| sub | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| take | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| unrepresentative | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| wynn | /  | Name  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| breakeven | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| blow | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
