{"id":259,"date":"2012-03-23t22:04:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-23t22:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=259"},"modified":"2015-04-16t21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16t21:03:10","slug":"top-five-confusing-sat-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/top-five-confusing-sat-words\/","title":{"rendered":"top five confusing sat words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>with thousands of words to memorize, the sat often leads to students to jumble up words in their heads. it&#8217;s hard to separate the <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/improve-sat-vocabulary-104-essential-words\/\">most common sat words<\/a> from the no-shows on test day. and it\u2019s hardly their faults\u2014the english language is consists of many words that either look and\/or sound very similar. see if you know the difference between the words below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>loathe vs. loath<\/h2>\n<p>the first word is the most common one, as in: i loathe you\u2014you ate all my yummy chocolates. an easy way to remember that loathe means \u2018to hate intensely\u2019 is to look at the last four letters: lo\u2018athe\u2019. if you unscramble \u2018athe\u2019 you get hate.<\/p>\n<p>i wish i had a fun nifty mnemonic for loath, but alas i don\u2019t. to be loath is to be reluctant.<\/p>\n<p><em>he was loath to study for the sat, but realized his future was at stake.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>indigent vs. indigenous<\/h2>\n<p>the first word is an adjective which means \u2018very poor\u2019. it can also work as a noun:<\/p>\n<p><em>the indigents down by the railroad tracks slept in soggy cardboard boxes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>the second word means \u2018native to a certain area\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>despite what many believe, the kiwi is not a fruit indigenous to new zealand but was originally grown in china.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>discrete vs. discreet<\/h2>\n<p>to be discreet simply means \u2018not to draw attention to something\u2019. this word is more commonly used than discrete.<\/p>\n<p><em>the student discreetly raised her hand and asked softly whether she could leave to use the restroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>discrete means \u2018broken into distinct groups\u2019. for the word \u2018discrete\u2019, i do have a nifty mnemonic: notice the \u2018t\u2019 in discrete. it breaks up the two \u2018e\u2019s. now the two e\u2019s are discrete (they are split by the \u2018t\u2019).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>extant vs. extinct<\/h2>\n<p>the first word means \u2018still existing\u2019. the second means \u2018no longer in existence\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>many of shakespeare\u2019s original manuscripts are extant\u2014the same cannot be said of euripides\u2019 works.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>deter vs. defer<\/h2>\n<p>the first word means \u2018to prevent something from happen, usually by threat\u2019. the second can mean \u2018to submit to another person\u2019s judgment or authority\u2019. it can also 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