<b><font size="4">"plight"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: <a href="../predicament.html">predicament</a>, <a href="../quandary.html">quandary</a>] </li> <li>a solemn pledge of fidelity [syn: <a href="../troth.html">troth</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>give to in marriage [syn: <a href="../betroth.html">betroth</a>, <a href="../engage.html">engage</a>, <a href="../affiance.html">affiance</a>] </li> <li>promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that will honor my wife" [syn: <a href="../pledge.html">pledge</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../plight.html">http://www.word.sc/plight</a>

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