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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| literal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| exact | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| exact same | x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| right as rain | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| selfsame | // | Adjective |
| identical | x/xx | Adjective |
| direct | x/ | Adjective |
| plain as day | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| just | / | Adverb |
| outright | // | Adjective |
| plain | / | Noun |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| forthright | // | Adjective |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| canonical | x/xx | Adjective |
| proper | /x | Adjective |
| clipped | / | Adjective |
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| parallel | /xx | Noun |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| stated | /x | Verb |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| same | / | Adjective |
| imperative | x/xx | Noun |
| monotonic | /x/x | Adjective |
| positive | /xx | Adjective |
| scrupulous | /xx | Adjective |
| sworn | / | Verb |
| aloud | x/ | Adverb |
| phrasal | /x | Adjective |
| transcribed | x/ | Verb |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| cold | / | Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb |
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| in place | x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| firsthand | x/ | Noun |
| very good | /x/ | Phrase |
| tongued | / | Adjective |
| whole | / | Noun |
| straightaway | /xx | Noun |
| symmetric | x/x | Adjective |
| confiding | x/x | Noun |
| pronounced | x/ | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| synchronous | /xx | Adjective |
| thoroughgoing | /xxx | Adjective |
| perpendicular | xx/xx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| freely | /x | Adverb |
| thorough | /x | Adjective |
| all wet | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| blank | / | Noun |
| dry as a bone | //x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| rectilinear | /x/xx | Adjective |
| running | /x | Verb |
| every last | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| very well | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| in the raw | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| plump | / | Adjective |
| controlled | x/ | Adjective |
| in situ | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| sincere | x/ | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| in earnest | x/x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| very | /x | Adverb |
| terse | / | Noun |
| set in one's ways | /x// | Phrase, Adjective |
| up and down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| confessional | x/xx | Noun |
| rote | / | Noun |
| coincident | x/xx | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| verbatim | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
