The explorer arrived disheveled and exhausted, yet her notebooks had been kept perfectly dry throughout the crossing.
这位探险家抵达时衣衫凌乱、疲惫不堪，但她的笔记本在整个穿越过程中都保持干燥完好。
Which choice best defines “disheveled”?
B — Untidy or messy. “disheveled” means untidy or messy.
Which word means “untidy or messy”?
A — disheveled. “disheveled” means untidy or messy.
disheveled — untidy or messy. In Chinese: 凌乱的.
disheveled is pronounced /dɪˈʃevld/.
The explorer arrived disheveled and exhausted, yet her notebooks had been kept perfectly dry throughout the crossing. (这位探险家抵达时衣衫凌乱、疲惫不堪，但她的笔记本在整个穿越过程中都保持干燥完好。)
untidy, rumpled, tousled — all close in meaning to disheveled (untidy or messy).
neat, immaculate — each the opposite of disheveled (untidy or messy).
Yes. disheveled 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.