HESI Vocabulary & Grammar Questions With Correct Answers

HESI Vocabulary & Grammar


Foundations of Nursing (South Texas College)

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,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