The archaeologist's preliminary notes created confusion among the team about the exact stratigraphy of the excavation site.
考古学家的初步笔记使团队对发掘地点的确切地层关系产生了困惑。
Political scientist Aditi Rao counters that ranked-choice voting can increase voter confusion and lower overall turnout, particularly among first-time and lower-income voters, potentially offsetting any polarization-reducing benefit with a participation cost.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “confusion”?
B — A state of being unclear or not understood. “confusion” means a state of being unclear or not understood.
Which word means “a state of being unclear or not understood”?
C — confusion. “confusion” means a state of being unclear or not understood.
confusion — a state of being unclear or not understood. In Chinese: 混乱，困惑.
confusion is pronounced /kənˈfjuːʒən/.
The archaeologist's preliminary notes created confusion among the team about the exact stratigraphy of the excavation site. (考古学家的初步笔记使团队对发掘地点的确切地层关系产生了困惑。)
bewilderment, perplexity, disorientation — all close in meaning to confusion (a state of being unclear or not understood).
clarity, understanding — each the opposite of confusion (a state of being unclear or not understood).
Yes. confusion is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.