HESI Vocabulary

HESI Vocabulary
Select the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. Something that remains is referred to as
__________.

Resident

Residual

Resistance

Resin

Choose the word or phrase that best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Rational" means:

Angry

Reason

Rodent

Proportion

Choose the word or phrase that best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. The "insidious"
disease was well established before becoming apparent.

Sudden

Suffer

Gradual

Graduate

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The __________ came to settle in the United
States.

Immigrate

Migrate

Immigrant

Emigrant

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Unable to read and write is referred to as
__________.

Illiterate

Illness

Illogical

Illegal

,Select the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Illicit" means:

Unlawful

Evoke

Provoke

Unfortunate

As the leader of the country, the President makes economic, social, and political decisions without
consent from the citizens. The type of leadership is called:

Socialist

Autocratic

Communist

Democratic

Select the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. The nurse said due to the inability of the
heart to pump its required amount of blood the patient was prone to "congestive" heart failure.

Obstruct

Overfill

Abnormal

Normal

Choose the word or phrase the best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Plethora" means:

Abundance

Abandon

Pleasure

Poverty

Select the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. The physician instructed the patient to sleep
with his head and shoulders "elevated" to help treat gastritis.

Turned

Still

Normal

Raised

Adhere – To hold fast or stick together

Adverse – Undesired, possibly harmful

,Cease – come to an end or bring to an end

Chronology – Order of events as they occurred, timeline

Concise – Brief, to the point

Constrict – To draw together or become smaller

Contingent – Dependent

Deteriorating – Worsening

Dilute – To make a liquid less concentrated

Equilibrium – Balance

Impending – Occurring in the near future, about to happen

Impervious – Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through

Imply – To suggest without explicitly stating

Insidious – So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time

Lethargic – Difficult to arose

Occluded – Closed or obstructed

Patent – Open

Predispose – To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

Supplement – To take in addition to or to complete

Suppress – To stop or subdue

Which word names a medicine whose purpose is to induce vomiting?

Narcotic

Emetic

Prophylactic

Opiate

What is another word for 'panacea'?

Clinician

Cure

Painkiller

Vista

What is the meaning of 'disregard'?

, Ignore

Pay attention to

Have no opinion about

Care for

Due to his 'mercurial' temperament, Justin did not work well with others.

Mercenary

Continuous

Unpredictable

Miraculous

A paroxysm is a sudden spasm. Another word for this might be

Symptom

Convulsion

Efficacy

Embolism

The meteorologist had forecast rain, ____________ Sheila brought her umbrella to work.

Nor

Yet

Because

So

Which of the following is spelled correctly?

Embarassing

Embarrassing

Embarassing

Embarrasing

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence. Nurse Junko and _______ will review
the patient’s chart.

She

Them

Me