1) Affiance 2) Betroth 3) Case 4) Dilemma 5) Mess 6) Predicament 7) Promise 8) Quandary 9) Security 1) An unfavorable situation 2) Difficulty 3) Exclusively Anglo word 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Give to in marriage 6) Precarious situation 7) Predicament 8) Promise solemnly and formally 9) Quandary 10) Sad state of affairs 11) Sad story 12) Sorry state 13) Tough spot 14) Unfortunate situation 15) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 
• imp. & p. p. of Pluck. • (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. • (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. • imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. • (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. •...
Plight noun A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [ Obsolete] 'Many a folded plight .' Spenser. Plight transitive verb [ Middle English pliten ; probably through Old French, from Late Latin plectare , Latin plectere . See Plait , Ply .] To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. [ Obsolete] 'To sew and plight .' Chaucer. « A plighted g...Plight obsolete imperfect & past participle of Plight , to pledge. Chaucer. 
[n] - a solemn pledge of fidelity
noun a solemn pledge of fidelity
pledge or promise. This meaning is now used only in the archaic "I plight thee my troth." ('I pledge you my vow' or 'I give you my promise')
[SAT terms] a situation from which extrication is difficult