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  • 21quandary — noun conflicting appointments left us in a quandary Syn: predicament, plight, difficult situation, awkward situation; trouble, muddle, mess, confusion, difficulty, dilemma, mare s nest; informal sticky situation, pickle, hole, stew, fix, bind,… …

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  • 22quandary — [ˈkwɒndəri] noun be in a quandary to not be certain what decision to take about something[/ex] …

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  • 23quandary — [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi latinism. One of its early forms was quandare, which suggests that it may have been a pseudo Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present… …

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  • 24quandary — noun (plural ries) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1579 a state of perplexity or doubt …

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  • 25quandary — /kwon deuh ree, dree/, n., pl. quandaries. a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma. [1570 80; perh. fancifully < L quand(o) when + are inf. suffix] Syn. See predicament. * * * …

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  • 26quandary — Synonyms and related words: Gordian knot, baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, bother, confoundment, confusion, crux, difficulty, dilemma, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disturbance, embarrassment, enigma …

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  • 27quandary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dilemma, plight, perplexity, bewilderment. See doubt, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dilemma, plight, puzzle, perplexity; see difficulty 1 , 2 , predicament . See Synonym Study at predicament .&#8230; …

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  • 28quandary —  Not quandry or quandery …

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  • 29quandary —    Not quandry or quandery …

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  • 30quandary — quan·da·ry || kwÉ‘ndÉ™rɪ / kwÉ’ n. state of uncertainty, perplexity, state of confusion …

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