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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| polemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| controversial | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| propagandistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun | 
| theological | xx/xx | Noun | 
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun | 
| didactic | x/x | Adjective | 
| provocative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| discursive | x/x | Adjective | 
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| historiographical | /xx/xx | Adjective | 
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective | 
| poetic | x/x | Adjective | 
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| accusatory | x/xxx | Noun | 
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| satiric | x/x | Adjective | 
| poetical | x/xx | Name | 
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| iconoclastic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| partisan | /xx | Noun | 
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective | 
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| sophistic | x/x | Name | 
| strident | /x | Adjective | 
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective | 
| political | x/xx | Adjective | 
| uncharitable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| philosophic | xx/x | Noun | 
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective | 
| trenchant | /x | Adjective | 
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective | 
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| dialectical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun | 
| incisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| combative | x/x | Adjective | 
| nationalistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| caustic | /x | Noun | 
| deconstructive | xx/x | Adjective | 
| vehement | /xx | Adjective | 
| incendiary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| ahistorical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| puerile | /x | Adjective | 
| sociopolitical | /xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| wordy | /x | Adjective | 
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective | 
| christological | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| analyzed | /xx | Verb | 
| all around | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| deliberate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| overall | /xx | Adjective | 
| partial | /x | Adjective | 
| sweeping | /x | Verb | 
| divided | x/x | Verb | 
| searching | /x | Noun | 
| polarized | /xx | Adjective | 
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective | 
| scrutinising | /xxx | Verb | 
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective | 
| eclectic | x/x | Adjective | 
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| profound | x/ | Adjective | 
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun | 
| bilateral | x/xx | Noun | 
| tripartite | x/x | Noun | 
| thorough | /x | Adjective | 
| frontal | /x | Noun | 
| politic | /xx | Noun | 
| contrasting | x/x | Noun | 
| directed | x/x | Verb | 
| lopsided | //x | Adjective | 
| biased | /x | Verb | 
| root and branch | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| vociferous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| inquisitorial | x/x/xx | Adjective | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| weighted | /x | Adjective | 
| pamphlets | /x | Noun | 
| overstatement | /xxx | Noun | 
| broadsides | /x | Noun | 
| diatribes | /xx | Noun | 
| treatises | /xx | Noun | 
| writings | /x | Noun | 
| exaggerations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| asides | x/ | Noun | 
| fray | / | Noun | 
| divinity | x/xx | Noun | 
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun | 
| verve | / | Noun | 
| tracts | / | Noun | 
| intent | x/ | Noun | 
| invective | x/x | Noun | 
| essays | x/ | Noun | 
| journalism | /xxx | Noun | 
| thrust | / | Noun | 
| exchanges | x/x | Noun | 
| divines | x/ | Noun | 
| preface | /x | Noun | 
| stance | / | Noun | 
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| sharpness | /x | Noun | 
| ardor | /x | Noun | 
| tone | / | Noun | 
| excesses | x/x | Noun | 
| debates | x/ | Noun | 
| prose | / | Noun | 
| ploy | / | Noun | 
| vehemence | /xx | Noun | 
| fervour | /x | Noun | 
| intention | x/x | Noun | 
| attacks | x/ | Noun | 
| outbursts | /x | Noun | 
| literature | /xxx | Noun | 
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective | 
| apologetic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| communal | x/x | Adjective | 
| contentious | x/x | Adjective | 
| directional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| disputed | x/x | Adjective | 
| divisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| epistolary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| exegetical | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| expository | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| homiletic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| humorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| jewish | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective | 
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| motile | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| pictorial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| reliant | x/x | Adjective | 
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| safe | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sculptural | /xx | Adjective | 
| secular | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
