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SAT Vocab 10
Problems, Puzzlements, and Disasters
Term | Definition |
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adversity | great trouble or difficulty |
conflagration | a huge fire, an inferno |
confounding | puzzling; baffling |
cryptic | hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure |
debacle | a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical |
enigma | a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person |
labyrinth | a maze from which it is very hard to extricate (free) oneself |
precarious | dangerous or risky; uncertain |
quandary | a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation |
turbulence | great unrest; turmoil or disorder |
turmoil | a very puzzling scenario or situation; tumult |