| A | B |
|---|
| adversity | great trouble or difficulty |
| conflagration | a huge fire; an inferno |
| 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 or free oneself |
| precarious | dangerous or risky; uncertain |
| quagmire | a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire |
| quandary | a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation |
| turbulence | great unrest; turmoil or disorder |
| turmoil | a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult |
