HESI Vocabulary [2026/2027]
Updated Version | Verified
Terms & Detailed Rationales
for Top Performance
Abstain - ANSWER-To voluntarily refrain from something
Accountable - ANSWER-To be responsible
Acute - ANSWER-sudden, intense
Adhere - ANSWER-To hold fast or stick together
Adverse - ANSWER-Undesired, possibly harmful
Aegis - ANSWER-Control, protection
Ambivalent - ANSWER-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
Apply - ANSWER-To place, put on, or spread something
,Assent - ANSWER-To give consent; to agree
Audible - ANSWER-Able to be heard
Bacteria - ANSWER-SIngle-celled, microorganisms
Bilateral - ANSWER-Present on two sides
Cardiac - ANSWER-Of or relating to the heart
Cavity - ANSWER-An opening or an empty area
Cease - ANSWER-Come to an end or bring to an end
Chronology - ANSWER-Order of events as they occurred; timeline
Compensatory - ANSWER-Offsetting or making up for something
Concave - ANSWER-Rounded inward
Concise - ANSWER-Brief and to the point
, Consistency - ANSWER-Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation
to how it flows
Constrict - ANSWER-To draw together or become smaller
Contingent - ANSWER-Dependent
Contraindication - ANSWER-A reason why something is not advisable or why it
should not be done
Convulsive - ANSWER-Having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the
body
Cursory - ANSWER-quick, perfunctory, not thorough
Defecate - ANSWER-Expel feces
Deficit - ANSWER-A deficiency or lack of something
Depress - ANSWER-Press downward
Depth - ANSWER-Downward measurement from a surface
Deteriorating - ANSWER-Worsening
Updated Version | Verified
Terms & Detailed Rationales
for Top Performance
Abstain - ANSWER-To voluntarily refrain from something
Accountable - ANSWER-To be responsible
Acute - ANSWER-sudden, intense
Adhere - ANSWER-To hold fast or stick together
Adverse - ANSWER-Undesired, possibly harmful
Aegis - ANSWER-Control, protection
Ambivalent - ANSWER-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
Apply - ANSWER-To place, put on, or spread something
,Assent - ANSWER-To give consent; to agree
Audible - ANSWER-Able to be heard
Bacteria - ANSWER-SIngle-celled, microorganisms
Bilateral - ANSWER-Present on two sides
Cardiac - ANSWER-Of or relating to the heart
Cavity - ANSWER-An opening or an empty area
Cease - ANSWER-Come to an end or bring to an end
Chronology - ANSWER-Order of events as they occurred; timeline
Compensatory - ANSWER-Offsetting or making up for something
Concave - ANSWER-Rounded inward
Concise - ANSWER-Brief and to the point
, Consistency - ANSWER-Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation
to how it flows
Constrict - ANSWER-To draw together or become smaller
Contingent - ANSWER-Dependent
Contraindication - ANSWER-A reason why something is not advisable or why it
should not be done
Convulsive - ANSWER-Having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the
body
Cursory - ANSWER-quick, perfunctory, not thorough
Defecate - ANSWER-Expel feces
Deficit - ANSWER-A deficiency or lack of something
Depress - ANSWER-Press downward
Depth - ANSWER-Downward measurement from a surface
Deteriorating - ANSWER-Worsening
