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Lesson 10: problems
SAT hot words - problems puzzles and disasters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |