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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| chancy | /x | Noun |
| irresolute | xxxx | Adjective |
| foolhardy | /xx | Adjective |
| improvident | x/xx | Adjective |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| capricious | x/x | Adjective |
| rogue | / | Noun |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| errant | /x | Noun |
| opportunistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| feckless | /x | Adjective |
| profligate | /xx | Adjective |
| unguarded | x/x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| unwary | x/x | Noun |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| loose | / | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| madcap | /x | Noun |
| irresponsible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| impetuous | x/x | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| imprudent | x/x | Adjective |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| unsteady | x/x | Adjective |
| noncommittal | /x/x | Adjective |
| impulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| spendthrift | /x | Noun |
| unsure | x/ | Adjective |
| reluctant | x/x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| doubtful | /x | Adjective |
| dissolute | xxx | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| treacherous | /xx | Adjective |
| fledgling | /x | Noun |
| careless | /x | Adjective |
| rebellious | x/x | Adjective |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| undisciplined | x/xx | Adjective |
| compromising | /xxx | Verb |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| unnerved | x/ | Adjective |
| confident | /xx | Adjective |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| unruly | x/x | Adjective |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| nice | / | Adjective |
| licentious | x/x | Adjective |
| hazarded | /xx | Verb |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| unprincipled | x/xx | Adjective |
| punk | / | Noun |
| childish | /x | Adjective |
| libertine | /xx | Noun |
| callow | /x | Noun |
| mutinous | /xx | Adjective |
| blindfold | /x | Noun |
| wanton | /x | Adjective |
| mistrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| indecisive | xx/x | Adjective |
| frail | / | Adjective |
| naked | /x | Adjective |
| flaky | /x | Noun |
| insubordinate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| bohemian | x/xx | Noun |
| uncanny | x/x | Adjective |
| transgressive | x/x | Adjective |
| audacious | x/x | Adjective |
| shaky | /x | Adjective |
| avoidant | x/x | Adjective |
| wavering | /xx | Noun |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| fickle | /x | Adjective |
| vagabond | /xx | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| inconsiderate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| drifting | /x | Verb |
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective |
| inconstant | x/x | Adjective |
| promiscuous | /xx | Adjective |
| unreasoning | x/x | Adjective |
| initiate | x/xx | Verb |
| supine | x/ | Adjective |
| presumptive | x/x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncritical | x/xx | Adjective |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| truant | /x | Noun |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective |
| timid | /x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective |
| naughty | /x | Adjective |
| none the wiser | /x/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| complicit | x/x | Verb |
| daunted | /x | Verb |
| adventurous | x/xx | Adjective |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| risk | / | Noun, Verb |
| subprime | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| venture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
