HESI A2 Vocabulary Practice Test Actual
Exam Questions and Answers with
Rationales | Verified | Grade A+
• Holistic . Answer: Concerned with whole
• Repugnant . Answer: Offensive; to morals
• Exiguous . Answer: inadequency; lacking
• Untenable . Answer: No support; ground
• Clement . Answer: favorable
• Abdicate . Answer: to give up or leave
• Adversity . Answer: a state of burden or hardship
• Anecdote . Answer: a short story or account of an event
• Assiduous . Answer: diligent; hard-working
• Benevolent . Answer: showing sympathy, understanding, and
generosity
• Boisterous . Answer: rough; rowdy; unruly
• Brazen . Answer: bold or unrestrained by normal standards
• Brusque . Answer: attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
• Circuitous . Answer: lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
, • Collateral . Answer: adjoining or accompanying
• condescending . Answer: an attitude of superiority or being snobby
toward others
• conditional . Answer: dependent on something else being done
• deleterious . Answer: harmful or deadly to living things
• deter . Answer: to prevent or discourage
• digression . Answer: a deviation or detour from the central topic or
focucs
• diligent . Answer: persistent and hardworking
• disdain . Answer: lack of respect or intense dislike
• enervating . Answer: causing debilitation or weakness
• ephemeral . Answer: lasting only for a short period of time
• exasperate . Answer: worse, make angry or frustrate
• exemplary . Answer: worthy of imitation; setting the example
• extenuating . Answer: diminish the seriousness of something
• fortitude . Answer: strength and endurance during a difficult situation
• fortuitous . Answer: occurring by happenstance
• garable . Answer: confusing, not understandable
• hyperbole . Answer: exaggerating; making something more than it is
Exam Questions and Answers with
Rationales | Verified | Grade A+
• Holistic . Answer: Concerned with whole
• Repugnant . Answer: Offensive; to morals
• Exiguous . Answer: inadequency; lacking
• Untenable . Answer: No support; ground
• Clement . Answer: favorable
• Abdicate . Answer: to give up or leave
• Adversity . Answer: a state of burden or hardship
• Anecdote . Answer: a short story or account of an event
• Assiduous . Answer: diligent; hard-working
• Benevolent . Answer: showing sympathy, understanding, and
generosity
• Boisterous . Answer: rough; rowdy; unruly
• Brazen . Answer: bold or unrestrained by normal standards
• Brusque . Answer: attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
• Circuitous . Answer: lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
, • Collateral . Answer: adjoining or accompanying
• condescending . Answer: an attitude of superiority or being snobby
toward others
• conditional . Answer: dependent on something else being done
• deleterious . Answer: harmful or deadly to living things
• deter . Answer: to prevent or discourage
• digression . Answer: a deviation or detour from the central topic or
focucs
• diligent . Answer: persistent and hardworking
• disdain . Answer: lack of respect or intense dislike
• enervating . Answer: causing debilitation or weakness
• ephemeral . Answer: lasting only for a short period of time
• exasperate . Answer: worse, make angry or frustrate
• exemplary . Answer: worthy of imitation; setting the example
• extenuating . Answer: diminish the seriousness of something
• fortitude . Answer: strength and endurance during a difficult situation
• fortuitous . Answer: occurring by happenstance
• garable . Answer: confusing, not understandable
• hyperbole . Answer: exaggerating; making something more than it is
