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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| reserved | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| unemotional | xx/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| restrained | x/ | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| hesitant | /xx | Adjective |
| reticence | /xx | Noun |
| loath | / | Adjective |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| bashful | /x | Adjective |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| wary | /x | Adjective |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| leery | /x | Adjective |
| demur | x/ | Noun |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| uncharacteristically | xxxx/xx | Adverb |
| disconcerted | xx/x | Verb |
| brash | / | Noun |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| averse | x/ | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| cautious | /x | Adjective |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| uninterested | x/xx | Adjective |
| understandably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| outspoken | //x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| aloof | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| unwilling | x/x | Adjective |
| demure | x/ | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| compelled | x/ | Verb |
| reluctance | x/x | Noun |
| preferring | x/x | Verb |
| characteristically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| adamant | /xx | Adjective |
| sceptical | /xx | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| loquacious | x/x | Adjective |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| mystified | /xx | Verb |
| tempted | /x | Verb |
| enamoured | x/x | Verb |
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| amenable | x/xx | Adjective |
| enamored | x/x | Verb |
| pressured | /x | Verb |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| effusive | /xx | Adjective |
| sanguine | /x | Adjective |
| intimidated | x/xxx | Verb |
| inclined | x/ | Adjective |
| eager | /x | Adjective |
| unafraid | xx/ | Adjective |
| churlish | /x | Adjective |
| disinclined | xx/ | Verb |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| nonplussed | x/ | Verb |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| skeptical | /xx | Adjective |
| receptive | x/x | Adjective |
| dismissive | x/x | Adjective |
| unaccountably | xx/xx | Adverb |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| phlegmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| chatty | /x | Noun |
| afraid | x/ | Adjective |
| polite | x/ | Adjective |
| preoccupied | x/xx | Verb |
| keen | / | Adjective |
| parsimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| extroverted | /xxx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| evasive | x/x | Adjective |
| overtly | x/x | Adverb |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| unimpressed | xx/ | Adjective |
| sedate | x/ | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| openly | /xx | Adverb |
| perturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| introverted | /xxx | Adjective |
| divulge | x/ | Verb |
| disdainful | x/x | Adjective |
| overly | /xx | Adverb |
| inquisitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| judicious | x/x | Adjective |
| complacent | x/x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| notoriously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| fond | / | Adjective |
| enthusiastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| sheepish | /x | Adjective |
| embarrassed | x/x | Verb |
| unusually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| disinterested | x/xx | Adjective |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| private | /x | Adjective |
| inhibited | x/xx | Verb |
| quiet | /x | Adjective |
| guarded | /x | Verb |
| discreet | x/ | Adjective |
| insular | /xx | Name |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective |
| retired | x/ | Adjective |
| reflecting | x/x | Verb |
| contemplative | x/xx | Adjective |
| airtight | /x | Adjective |
| studious | /xx | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| timorous | /xx | Adjective |
| confined | x/ | Verb |
| furtive | /x | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective |
| esoteric | xx/x | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| mousy | /x | Noun |
| circumscribed | xx/ | Adjective |
| sparing | /x | Adjective |
| secret | /x | Noun |
| volcano | x/x | Noun |
| demeanor | x/x | Noun |
| sensibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| client | /x | Noun |
| personality | xx/xx | Noun |
| companion | x/x | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Noun |
| dignity | /xx | Noun |
| participants | x/xx | Noun |
| speakers | /x | Noun |
| withdrawn | x/ | Verb |
| student | /x | Noun |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| carefree | /x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| destitute | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| devout | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| doctrinal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| forgiving | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| immune | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| lovable | /xx | Adjective |
| meek | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| modest | /x | Adjective |
| mute | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| personable | /xxx | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| shy | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| vivacious | x/x | Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
