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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| quandary | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| dichotomy | x/xx | Noun |
| concerns | x/ | Noun |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| woes | / | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| choice | / | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| ambiguity | xx/xx | Noun |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| paradoxes | /xxx | Noun |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| misgivings | x/x | Noun |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| unsolvable | x/xx | Adjective |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| solution | x/x | Noun |
| ramifications | xxx/x | Noun |
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun |
| indecision | xx/x | Noun |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| enigma | x/x | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| perplexities | x/xx | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| double bind | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bind | / | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun |
| lesser of two evils | /x///x | Phrase, Noun |
| knot | / | Noun |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| necessary evil | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| second best | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| regret | x/ | Noun |
| one thing after another | ///xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective |
| peradventure | /x/x | Noun |
| can of worms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| jeopardy | /xx | Noun |
| corner | /x | Noun |
| dystopia | //xx | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| hydra | /x | Noun |
| reluctance | x/x | Noun |
| hassle | /x | Noun |
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| scruple | /x | Noun |
| resignation | xx/x | Noun |
| impasse | x/ | Noun |
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| friction | /x | Noun |
| mess | / | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| stalemate | /x | Noun |
| obstacle course | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| desperation | xx/x | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| dead end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| chasm | /x | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreement | xx/x | Noun |
| sticky wicket | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| harm | / | Noun |
| displeasure | x/x | Noun |
| devil | /x | Noun |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| doubting | /x | Verb |
| risk | / | Noun |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| vicious circle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| minus | /x | Noun |
| exercise in futility | /xxxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| vacillation | xx/x | Noun |
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| inequity | x/xx | Noun |
| myrdal | /x | Name |
| judgment | /x | Adverb |
| horns | / | Noun |
| commons | /x | Adjective |
| disorienting | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sahel | xx | Name |
| iterated | /xxx | Verb |
| crux | / | Noun |
| intellectual | xx/xx | Noun |
| determinism | x/xxx | Noun |
| nub | / | Noun |
| extricated | /xxx | Verb |
| agonising | /xxx | Adjective |
| malthusian | /xxx | Adjective |
| resolve | x/ | Verb |
| faced | / | Verb |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| insoluble | x/xx | Adjective |
| answer | /x | Noun |
| poses | /x | Verb |
| confronts | x/ | Verb |
| impaled | x/ | Verb |
| epstein | /x | Name |
| wrenching | /x | Adjective |
| somewhat | // | Adverb |
| ethical | /xx | Adjective |
| escape | x/ | Noun |
| aporia | x/xx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| crunch | / | Noun, Verb |
| deadlock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| fix | / | Verb, Noun |
| hardship | /x | Noun, Verb |
| limbo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| soaps | / | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
