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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| strict | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| invariable | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| set in one's ways | /x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| technical | /xx | Name |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| lean and mean | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| sworn | / | Verb |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| affirmative | x/xx | Noun |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| styled | / | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| formulary | /xxx | Noun |
| bound up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| patterned | /x | Adjective |
| dry as a bone | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| ramrod straight | /xx | Phrase, Adjective |
| plain | / | Noun |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| for real | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| stapled | /x | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| pressing | /x | Verb |
| very | /x | Adverb |
| avowed | x/ | Adjective |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| cold | / | Noun |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Adjective |
| straitened | /x | Adjective |
| routine | x/ | Noun |
| hardwired | x/x | Adjective |
| rooted | /x | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| embedded | x/x | Adjective |
| every last | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| systematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| clenched | / | Adjective |
| sorted | /x | Adjective |
| controlled | x/ | Adjective |
| methodical | x/xx | Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| mechanistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| routinized | /xx | Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| in order | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| monotonic | /x/x | Adjective |
| all very well | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| plump | / | Adjective |
| outright | // | Adjective |
| very good | /x/ | Phrase |
| selfsame | // | Adjective |
| orderly | /xx | Adjective |
| forcible | /xx | Adjective |
| blank | / | Noun |
| contrasting | x/x | Noun |
| curbed | / | Verb |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| exact same | x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| fashioned | /x | Adjective |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| shackled | /x | Verb |
| genteel | x/ | Adjective |
| knotted | /x | Verb |
| normal | /x | Adjective |
| contradictory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| to the manner born | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| up and down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| kindly | /x | Adverb |
| institutionalized | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| indwelling | //x | Noun |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
