ill-kempt

[ il-kempt ]

/ ˈɪlˈkɛmpt /

adjective

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Words nearby ill-kempt

ill-gotten, ill-gotten gains, ill-informed, ill-intentioned, ill-judged, ill-kempt, ill-looking, ill-mannered, ill-natured, ill-omened, ill-prepared

Example sentences from the Web for ill-kempt

A sudden shame of his disordered, ill-kempt appearance made him perhaps the more defiant.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
The laager was captured, and with it forty ill-kempt, surly prisoners.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke
He was unshaven, his hair was ill-kempt, his doublet unfastened at the throat, and torn and stained besides.
A Gentleman of France|Stanley Weyman
I bade farewell to my cell; I thanked my hosts; and I kissed their little urchins, all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were.
Led Astray and The Sphinx|Octave Feuillet

Up through a neglected thicket of Virginia shrubs and ill-kempt trees you drive to the house.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)|Various

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