unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
burden β If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
compromise β A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
corner β A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
dishevel β to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
jumble β to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
knot β either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
mat β a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
ravel β to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
come on β You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do.
lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
rope in β a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
set up β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.