Question

Choose the closest definition of the underlined word:
A dishevelled appearance is ______.

A. untidy
B. fierce
C. foolish
D. peculiar

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to look for the word which can define and describe the word ‘disheveled’ or the definition of word disheveled matches with one of the given options.

Complete answer:
The word dishevelled means: very dirty, untidy, etc. This term is basically used to define the appearance of a person who is not clean, messy, disordered, slovenly, etc.

Now let’s examine the given option above.
> Fierce: The word fierce means: angry, aggressive, etc. This term is basically used to define the emotion of a person such as violent, anger, rage, malicious, spiteful etc. This option is inappropriate for the given question.
Example: He may look fierce, but he is so nice.

> Foolish: The word foolish means: one who doesn’t have sense, lack of creative mind, silly, etc. This term is used to define the physical skills or sense. This option is inappropriate for the given question.
Example: I was foolish, why did I trust him? He betrayed me.
> Peculiar: The word peculiar means: completely different, unusual, special, unique, found in one place, etc. This option is inappropriate for the given question.
Example: I can’t make facial expressions as she made it really peculiar.

> Untidy: Here the word unearth has the same meaning: very dirty, scattered, not clean, messy, disordered, slovenly, etc. As it is related and has the same definition and meaning,

So the right answer will be option [A] Untidy.

Note: For choosing the correct option knowing actual meaning is necessary of the given question because closest is the word which defines the word having the same meaning.