HESI A2 Vocabulary Study GuideVocabulary: How to Solve the Puzzle!

1. Adapt (verb) to change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation 2. Adhere (v.) to stay loyal to; to stick by or to as though by glue, suction, grasping, etc. 3. Anxious (adjective) fearful or worried about possible events 4. Beneficial (adj.) producing results that are good for health and happiness 5. Burden (noun) something taken as a duty or responsibility 6. Capacity (n.) the ability to hold or contain 7. Courteous (adj.) marked by respect for and consideration of others 8. Deprive (v.) to take something away from 9. Duplicate (n.) a thing that is exactly like another 10. Escalate (v.) to increase in extent, volume, or scope 11. Exult (v.) to be very joyful 12. Futile (adj.) having no result or effect 13. Generate (v.) to bring into existence 14. Hazardous (adj.) dangerous or risky 15. Hostile (adj.) showing open resistance or opposition 16. Immense (adj.) very great in size or amount; especially : not capable of being measured by ordinary means 17. Innovation (n.) the introduction of something new 18. Negotiate (v.) to have a discussion with another so as to arrive at an agreement 19. Obsolete (adj.) no longer in use 20. Priority (n.) the quality or state of coming before another in time or importance 21. Revert (v.) to come or go back 22. Sever (v.) to divide, put, or keep apart 23. Sparse (adj.) of few and scattered elements; especially : not thickly grown or settled 24. Tangible (adj.) capable of being touched, understood, or appreciated