After a night of fieldwork in the wind, the students looked thoroughly dishevelled but had gathered every sample on the list.
在风中做了一夜野外工作后，学生们看上去十分蓬乱，却采齐了清单上的每一份样本。
Which choice best defines “dishevelled”?
D — Untidy or messy (British spelling). “dishevelled” means untidy or messy (British spelling).
Which word means “untidy or messy (British spelling)”?
C — dishevelled. “dishevelled” means untidy or messy (British spelling).
dishevelled — untidy or messy (British spelling). In Chinese: 凌乱的.
dishevelled is pronounced /dɪˈʃevld/.
After a night of fieldwork in the wind, the students looked thoroughly dishevelled but had gathered every sample on the list. (在风中做了一夜野外工作后，学生们看上去十分蓬乱，却采齐了清单上的每一份样本。)
untidy, rumpled, unkempt — all close in meaning to dishevelled (untidy or messy (British spelling)).
tidy, groomed — each the opposite of dishevelled (untidy or messy (British spelling)).
Yes. dishevelled 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.