Synonyms for Tenth Grade Students: Predicament, List 1

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  1. condition
    an illness, disease, or other medical problem
  2. position
    a condition in which you find yourself
  3. issue
    an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
  4. problem
    a source of difficulty
  5. difficulty
    a state of affairs requiring great effort to overcome
  6. corner
    a predicament from which a graceful escape is impossible
  7. situation
    a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
  8. crisis
    an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
  9. bind
    something that hinders as if with restraints
  10. emergency
    a sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action
  11. swamp
    a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
  12. strait
    a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  13. clutch
    a tense critical situation
Created on Wed Jun 04 18:05:16 EDT 2025

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