10: Problems and Puzzles

Question 0

Conflagration

Answer 0

(N) a huge fire; an inferno

Question 1

Adversity

Answer 1

(N) great trouble or difficulty

Question 2

Confounding

Answer 2

(ADJ) puzzling; baffling

Question 3

Cryptic

Answer 3

(ADJ) hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure

Question 4

Debacle

Answer 4

(N) a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical

Question 5

Enigma

Answer 5

(N) a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person

Question 6

Labyrinth

Answer 6

(N) a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself

Question 7

Precarious

Answer 7

(ADJ) dangerous or risky; uncertain

Question 8

Quagmire

Answer 8

(N) a difficult or troublesome situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire

Question 9

Quandary

Answer 9

(N) a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

Question 10

Turbulence

Answer 10

(N) great unrest; turmoil or disorder

Question 11

Turmoil

Answer 11

(N) a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult