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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| grandiose | xx/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| highbrow | /x | Noun |
| snooty | /x | Noun |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| lofty | /x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| fancy | /x | Noun |
| posh | / | Adjective |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| snobbish | /x | Adjective |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| hackneyed | /x | Adjective |
| abstruse | x/ | Adjective |
| swanky | /x | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| plebeian | x/x | Adjective |
| newfangled | x/x | Adjective |
| uppity | /xx | Noun |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| prissy | /x | Noun |
| vacuous | /xx | Adjective |
| middlebrow | /xx | Noun |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| ostentatious | xx/x | Adjective |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| inane | x/ | Noun |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| tawdry | /x | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| rarefied | /xx | Adjective |
| glitzy | /x | Noun |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| inflated | x/x | Adjective |
| puffy | /x | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| proud | / | Adjective |
| conceited | x/x | Adjective |
| stuck up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| full of oneself | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| overweening | xx/x | Adjective |
| overly | /xx | Adverb |
| glorious | /xx | Adjective |
| bombastic | x/x | Adjective |
| cocky | /x | Adjective |
| fulsome | /x | Adjective |
| too big for one's britches | //x//x | Phrase, Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| egotistical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| presumptuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| upstart | /x | Noun |
| bravura | x/x | Noun |
| overstated | /xxx | Verb |
| big fat | // | Name, Adjective |
| talk | / | Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| notions | /x | Noun |
| ideas | x/x | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| name | / | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| words | / | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| ways | / | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| acting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| addict | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| adornments | x/x | Noun |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| advertising | /xxx | Noun |
| ai | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| almanac | /xx | Noun |
| americana | xxx/x | Noun |
| amps | / | Noun |
| an | / | Noun |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| antiques | x/ | Noun |
| boastful | /x | Adjective |
| bookish | /x | Adjective |
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| sounding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| unintelligible | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
