1) Bind 2) Catch-22 3) Corner 4) Difficulty 5) Dilemma 6) Impasse 7) Mess 8) Pickle 9) Plight 10) Predicament 11) Problem 12) Puzzlement 13) State of doubt or perplexity 14) Tight spot 1) Difficulty 2) Dilemma 3) Fix 4) Horns of a dilemma 5) Plight 6) Predicament 
• (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. • (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
Quan'da·ry noun ; plural Quandaries . [ Prob. from Middle English wandreth adversity, perplexity, Icelandic wandræði difficulty, trouble, from vandr difficult.] A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. Quan'da·ry transitive verb To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty. [ Obsolete] Otway. 
state of doubt or perplexity 
a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma.
[SAT terms] a situation from which extrication is difficult