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121quandary — n 1. predicament, dilemma, crossroads; perplexity, puzzle, enigma, riddle, conundrum, poser; paradox, knot, knotty problem, Gordian knot; imbroglio, intricacy, entanglement, maze; slough, muddle, quagmire, stalemate; dangerous condition or… …
122query — n 1. question, interrogatory, inquiry; interrogation, questioning, asking; issue, problem, poser, matter in dispute, question at issue, knotty point; request, demand, desideratum; quandary, dilemma, perplexity, confusion, ambiguity; investigation …
123scruple — n 1. qualm, pang, misgiving, distrust, mistrust, suspicion, apprehension; scrupulousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness; conscientiousness, conscience, twinge of conscience, New England conscience, guilt, guilt feeling, point of honor;… …
124suspense — n 1. excitement, anticipation, expectation; uncertainty, incertitude, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubitation, dubiety, dubiousness, dubiosity; indefiniteness, ambiguity, ambiguousness, vagueness, haziness, fogginess. 2. indecision,… …
125suspicion — n 1. distrust, mistrust, credibility gap, lack of confidence or trust; doubt, doubtfulness, dubitation, dubiety, dubiousness, dubiosity; disbelief, unbelief, incredulity, incredulousness; watchfulness, wariness, leeriness, shyness; hesitation,… …
126tenuousness — n shakiness, insecurity, precariousness, Sl. hairiness; uncertainty, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, dubiousness; vagueness, haziness, nebulousness, fuzziness; weakness, flimsiness, insubstantiality. See also tenuity(def. 2) …
127uncertainty — n 1. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, dubiety, skepticism; unsureness, hesitancy, hesitation; caution, wariness, tentativeness; suspicion, suspiciousness, diffidence, misgiving, distrust, mistrust. 2. guess, piece of guesswork; borderline case,… …
128unlikelihood — n improbability, unlikeliness, a ghost of or a Chinaman s chance, small or little chance, poor prospect, remote possibility, long shot, long odds; doubtfulness, dubiousness, questionableness, ques tionability; implausibility, incredibility,… …
