Gonzalez Isabel

H. English Per. 4
10-27-16
Weekly Vocabulary Response
Lesson 10 - Words Relating to Problems, Puzzlements, and Disasters
Adversity Conflagration Confounding Quagmire
Enigma Labyrinth Precarious Debacle
Turbulence Turmoil Cryptic Quandary

War at Syria

In the Syrian war there has been so much adversity1 that has been happening,
due to this cause many of the citizens living there will have to leave the enigma2
situation. This turbulence3 has caused about 275,000 people to been besieged in the
east of the city for months. The conflagration4 of the Syrian country has been
sabotaged by the bombarding of the Russians and the Syrians since September
causing many people to die and injure them.

Most citizens from Syria cannot get out of their own town because it is like a
labyrinth5 maze where they are trapped inside. It is terrible because there are children
there who are suffering and dying due to the turmoil6 war. Some people are very
confounding7 by the fact that their own people are harming them. The corruption of
their government has been very precarious8 that other countries have to help them
fight against their enemies and they can't even protect their own people. This causes a
cryptic9 decision for the United States if they are willing to help out Syrian citizens.

Most people are very terrified because they don't know what they are going to do
once they leave their home town. This quagmire10 situation has conflicted with the
soldiers fighting for their lives at Syria. Though unfortunately they have a debacle11
situation where they dont know if they are actually winning or losing. They will not stop
until they know they have their enemies quandary12 this situation.

Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37798924
Adversity: (noun) unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune.
Synonyms Antonyms
Calamity Blessing
Misery Joy

Conflagration: (noun) an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property.
Conflagrative (adjective) Synonyms Antonyms
Blaze Cool
Bonfire
Confounding: (verb) cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting.
against their expectations.
Confoundable (adjective) Synonyms Antonyms
Confounder (noun) Amaze Bore
Confoundingly (adverb) Astound Clarify

Cryptic: (adjective) having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

Cryptically (adverb) Synonyms ntonyms
A
Noncryptic (adjective) Ambiguous Clear
Noncryptical (adjective) Arcane
Common

Debacle: (noun) a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

Synonyms Antonyms
Crash Accomplishment
Defeat Creation
Enigma: ( noun) a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
Enigmatical (adjective) Synonyms
Enigmatically (adverb) Puzzle
Conundrum

Labyrinth: (noun) a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is

difficult to find one's way; a maze.
Synonyms Antonyms
Tangle Ease
Convolution Simplicity

Precarious: (adjective) not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or

collapse.
Precariously (adverb) Synonyms Antonyms
Precariousness (noun) Dangerous Guarded
Superprecarious (adjective) Unstable Secure

Quagmire: (noun) an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.

Quagmiry (adjective) Synonyms Antonyms
Dilemma Agreement
 Predicament Solution
Quandary: (noun) a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult
situation.
Synonyms Antonyms
Difficulty Boon
Plight Advantage

Turbulence: (noun) violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other

fluid.
Synonyms Antonyms
Disturbance Calm
Tumult Order

Turmoil: (noun) a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

Synonyms ntonyms
A
Riot Composure
Strife Peace