| A | B |
| adversity | n. great trouble or difficulty |
| conflagaration | n. a huge fire, an inferno |
| confounding | adj. puzzling; baffling |
| cryptic | adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure |
| debacle | n. failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensial |
| engima | n. a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person |
| labyrinth | n. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate (free) oneselfself |
| precarious | adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain |
| quandary | n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation |
| turbulence | n. great unrest; turmoil or disorder |
| turmoil | n. a very puzzling scenario or situation; tumult |