The unkempt hedge had grown across the path, hiding the marker that generations of walkers had used.
蓬乱的树篱长过了小径,遮住了几代行人一直依循的路标。
Which choice best defines “unkempt”?
A — Untidy; disheveled.. “unkempt” means Untidy; disheveled..
Which word means “Untidy; disheveled.”?
B — unkempt. “unkempt” means Untidy; disheveled..
unkempt — Untidy; disheveled.. In Chinese: 蓬乱的;不整洁的.
unkempt is pronounced //ʌnˈkɛmpt//.
The unkempt hedge had grown across the path, hiding the marker that generations of walkers had used. (蓬乱的树篱长过了小径,遮住了几代行人一直依循的路标。)
untidy, straggly, bedraggled — all close in meaning to unkempt (Untidy; disheveled.).
tidy, groomed — each the opposite of unkempt (Untidy; disheveled.).
Yes. unkempt is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. 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.
un + kempt(梳理) → 没梳理 → 邋遢。