TEAS NURSING ENTRANCE EXAM REVIEW
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ germinate. Answer: sprout, seed, bud
⩥ congeal. Answer: solidify, coagulate, harden
⩥ rudimentary. Answer: basic, opposite of advanced
⩥ dandy. Answer: someone who is elegant in dress or has manners
⩥ whimsical. Answer: playful, opposite of grim or grave
⩥ penitent. Answer: person who tends to regret
⩥ querulous. Answer: habitually whining person, tends to complain or
argue over minor details
⩥ virtuouso. Answer: having great skill, opposite of incompetent
,⩥ mutable. Answer: prone to change (think of a mutation or an abnormal
change)
⩥ antediluvial. Answer: before a flood
⩥ diluvial. Answer: having to do with a flood
⩥ legislate. Answer: mandate throught the creation of laws
⩥ prattle. Answer: talk aimlessly or idly
⩥ erroneous. Answer: mistake (err-think error)
⩥ ominous. Answer: predicts or foreshadows disaster
⩥ unguent. Answer: ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of irritant
⩥ orator. Answer: public speaker who needs to be able to articulate
⩥ exculpate. Answer: clear from blame
⩥ ravenous. Answer: extremely hungry
,⩥ supplicant. Answer: humble begger has humility
⩥ maven. Answer: expert, has expertise
⩥ insidious. Answer: something that spreads harmfully in a subtle or
stealthy manner
⩥ cede. Answer: yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
⩥ eschew. Answer: forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
⩥ proscribe. Answer: forbid or prohibit as harmful
⩥ percent increase formula. Answer: (change/original number) x 100%
⩥ circumfrence of a circle formula. Answer: 2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
⩥ commensal relationship. Answer: form of a symbiotic relationship,
two organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits
while the other is neither harms or benefites. +/0 relationship
, ⩥ polysome. Answer: cluster of ribosomes
⩥ notochord. Answer: a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all chordates,
this remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen
only in the embryo and as a vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species
has notochord it is by definition it is a chordate. Ex: fish, birds,
mammals
⩥ enzymes. Answer: proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
⩥ electron transport chain. Answer: directly produces the pH gradient by
pumping protons out of the mitochondrial matrix. the proton gradient is
used to make ATP.
⩥ closed circuit. Answer: has continuity and allows current to flow in it
⩥ as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to electrons.
Answer: electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the outermost
shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction becoming
closer and more tightly bound to the nucleus.
⩥ voltage drop. Answer: happens as current passes through a resistance,
represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the form of
heat.
TEST BANK UPDATED TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ germinate. Answer: sprout, seed, bud
⩥ congeal. Answer: solidify, coagulate, harden
⩥ rudimentary. Answer: basic, opposite of advanced
⩥ dandy. Answer: someone who is elegant in dress or has manners
⩥ whimsical. Answer: playful, opposite of grim or grave
⩥ penitent. Answer: person who tends to regret
⩥ querulous. Answer: habitually whining person, tends to complain or
argue over minor details
⩥ virtuouso. Answer: having great skill, opposite of incompetent
,⩥ mutable. Answer: prone to change (think of a mutation or an abnormal
change)
⩥ antediluvial. Answer: before a flood
⩥ diluvial. Answer: having to do with a flood
⩥ legislate. Answer: mandate throught the creation of laws
⩥ prattle. Answer: talk aimlessly or idly
⩥ erroneous. Answer: mistake (err-think error)
⩥ ominous. Answer: predicts or foreshadows disaster
⩥ unguent. Answer: ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of irritant
⩥ orator. Answer: public speaker who needs to be able to articulate
⩥ exculpate. Answer: clear from blame
⩥ ravenous. Answer: extremely hungry
,⩥ supplicant. Answer: humble begger has humility
⩥ maven. Answer: expert, has expertise
⩥ insidious. Answer: something that spreads harmfully in a subtle or
stealthy manner
⩥ cede. Answer: yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
⩥ eschew. Answer: forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
⩥ proscribe. Answer: forbid or prohibit as harmful
⩥ percent increase formula. Answer: (change/original number) x 100%
⩥ circumfrence of a circle formula. Answer: 2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
⩥ commensal relationship. Answer: form of a symbiotic relationship,
two organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits
while the other is neither harms or benefites. +/0 relationship
, ⩥ polysome. Answer: cluster of ribosomes
⩥ notochord. Answer: a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all chordates,
this remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen
only in the embryo and as a vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species
has notochord it is by definition it is a chordate. Ex: fish, birds,
mammals
⩥ enzymes. Answer: proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
⩥ electron transport chain. Answer: directly produces the pH gradient by
pumping protons out of the mitochondrial matrix. the proton gradient is
used to make ATP.
⩥ closed circuit. Answer: has continuity and allows current to flow in it
⩥ as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to electrons.
Answer: electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the outermost
shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction becoming
closer and more tightly bound to the nucleus.
⩥ voltage drop. Answer: happens as current passes through a resistance,
represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the form of
heat.
