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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

bedraggled

adjective

Definition

wet and dirty

In a sentence

The bedraggled puppy needed a bath.

Similar words

  • disheveled
  • messy

Why this word matters: bedraggled appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.