plight (n.)
- adversity
- affliction
- aggravation
- annoyance
- assurance
- avouchment
- baffle
- bafflement
- bewilderment
- bind
- blight
- bother
- box
- bummer
- cardhouse
- care
- case
- circumstance
- circumstances
- clutch
- complication
- condition
- confusion
- contract
- corner
- countersign
- covenant
- crisis
- cross
- crunch
- curse
- danger
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- disconcertment
- disturbance
- downer
- embarrassment
- emergency
- endangerment
- engage
- engagement
- enigma
- estate
- extremity
- faith
- fix
- footing
- guarantee
- hardship
- hazard
- hobble
- hole
- how-do-you-do
- imbroglio
- irritation
- jam
- jeopardy
- location
- lot
- menace
- mess
- mix
- modality
- mode
- morass
- mystery
- oath
- parole
- pass
- peril
- perplexity
- perturbation
- pickle
- pinch
- place
- pledge
- position
- posture
- pother
- predicament
- pressure
- problem
- promise
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- quagmire
- quandary
- quicksand
- rank
- riddle
- rigor
- risk
- scrape
- situation
- slough
- spot
- squeeze
- standing
- state
- station
- status
- stew
- strait
- straits
- stress
- swamp
- swear
- threat
- tightrope
- trial
- tribulation
- troth
- trouble
- upset
- vicissitude
- vow
- warrant
- warranty
- word
plight (v.)
- affiance
- assure
- avouch
- baffle
- betroth
- bind
- blight
- bother
- box
- care
- case
- clutch
- condition
- contract
- corner
- countersign
- covenant
- cross
- crunch
- curse
- danger
- disconcert
- engage
- estate
- fix
- guarantee
- hazard
- hobble
- hole
- jam
- lot
- menace
- mess
- mix
- mode
- nonplus
- parole
- pass
- peril
- pickle
- pinch
- place
- pledge
- position
- posture
- pother
- pressure
- promise
- puzzle
- rank
- riddle
- risk
- scrape
- slough
- spot
- squeeze
- state
- station
- stew
- stress
- swamp
- swear
- troth
- trouble
- underwrite
- upset
- vouch
- vow
- warrant
- word