HESI A2 VOCABULARY

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Proscribe - ANS IS; Forbid
Holistic - ANS IS; Concerned with whole
Repugnant - ANS IS; Offensive; to morals
Exiguous - ANS IS; inadequency; lacking
Untenable - ANS IS; No support; ground
Clement - ANS IS; favorable
Adversity - ANS IS; a state of burden or hardship
Anecdote - ANS IS; a short story or account of an event
Assiduous - ANS IS; diligent; hard-working
Benevolent - ANS IS; showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
Boisterous - ANS IS; rough; rowdy; unruly
Brazen - ANS IS; bold or unrestrained by normal standards
Brusque - ANS IS; attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
Circuitous - ANS IS; lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
deleterious - ANS IS; harmful or deadly to living things
deter - ANS IS; to prevent or discourage
digression - ANS IS; a deviation or detour from the central topic or focucs
diligent - ANS IS; persistent and hardworking
disdain - ANS IS; lack of respect or intense dislike
enervating - ANS IS; causing debilitation or weakness
exasperate - ANS IS; to intensely irritated or frustrated
exemplary - ANS IS; worthy of imitation; setting the example
extenuating - ANS IS; diminish the seriousness of something
fortitude - ANS IS; strength and endurance during a difficult situation
fortuitous - ANS IS; happening by accident or chance rather than design
garable - ANS IS; reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted
way
hyperbole - ANS IS; exaggerating; making something more than it is
impetuous - ANS IS; acting or done quickly and without thought or care
imminent - ANS IS; very likely to happen
inconsequential - ANS IS; something without importance or significance
innocuous - ANS IS; harmless
novice - ANS IS; a beginner, inexperience
paradox - ANS IS; appearing conflicting or contradictory
precocious - ANS IS; showing advanced development or maturity at an early age
prudent - ANS IS; acting with or showing care and thought for the future
sagacious - ANS IS; having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd
seruntinize - ANS IS; examine closely and carefully
superficial - ANS IS; shallow in character and attitude, only concerned with thing on the
surface
superfluous - ANS IS; more than is needed desired, or necessary

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tactful - ANS IS; showing concern to not offend others
tenacious - ANS IS; determined without change or doubt from the plan
terse - ANS IS; to the point; concise
transient - ANS IS; lasting for only a short time or duration
trite - ANS IS; dull; common
venerable - ANS IS; worthy of respect because of wisdom or age
venerate - ANS IS; to regard with much respect
wary - ANS IS; to be cautious or suspicious
substantiate - ANS IS; confirm
emaciated - ANS IS; abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
extirpate - ANS IS; remove
malinger - ANS IS; exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.
contingence - ANS IS; next to something
portend - ANS IS; forecast
Accost - ANS IS; confront
puerile - ANS IS; childish
conflate - ANS IS; merge
congenital - ANS IS; in existence from birth
succinct - ANS IS; (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed.
callous - ANS IS; mean
placate - ANS IS; comfort; bring peace
inure - ANS IS; toughen
malign - ANS IS; harm
synergy - ANS IS; harmony
turgid - ANS IS; swollen and distended or congested.
paucity - ANS IS; lack
salient - ANS IS; important
restive - ANS IS; impatient, uneasy, or restless
auster - ANS IS; attitude / behavior
impetus - ANS IS; motivation
laconic - ANS IS; brief in speech
Contrite - ANS IS; Remorseful
Postulate - ANS IS; Claim
Taciturn - ANS IS; Reserved
Chide - ANS IS; Scold
Consternation - ANS IS; Anxiety
Proximal - ANS IS; Near
Cauterize - ANS IS; to burn
Diagnosis - ANS IS; Explanation
Cytoscopy - ANS IS; visual examination of the urinary bladder
biopsy - ANS IS; an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the
presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
Deficiency - ANS IS; Absence

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Acute - ANS IS; Quick, sudden
Bilateral - ANS IS; Present on both sides
prognosis - ANS IS; Outcome Statement
Liable - ANS IS; 1. responsible by law; legally answerable.
2. likely to do or to be something.
Progeny - ANS IS; offspring
Distal - ANS IS; situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment.
milieu - ANS IS; Surroundings
bifurcate - ANS IS; split
Influx - ANS IS; an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.
Substantiate - ANS IS; confirm
Typify - ANS IS; symbolize
Insidious - ANS IS; subtle but harmful
Irrevocable - ANS IS; infeasible
Abate - ANS IS; to reduce
Feckless - ANS IS; incompentent
Goad - ANS IS; force
Prevalent - ANS IS; dominant; widespread
Serrated - ANS IS; jagged; saw-like
Contiguous - ANS IS; adjacent to; touching upon
obfuscate - ANS IS; to confuse; to bewilder
undermine - ANS IS; challenge authority, weaken
immutable - ANS IS; unchangeable
Protracted - ANS IS; Extended in time; prolonged
Viable - ANS IS; reasonable
Incessant - ANS IS; constant, continual
Negligible - ANS IS; minor
dichotomy - ANS IS; split
Solicitous - ANS IS; attentive
Trajectory - ANS IS; the direction of an object ; a course taken
Intemperate - ANS IS; unrestrained
onerous - ANS IS; demanding
heterogeneous - ANS IS; consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents
Overwought - ANS IS; agitated
dotage - ANS IS; the period of life in which a person is old and weak
putative - ANS IS; accepted
enumerate - ANS IS; mention (a number of things) one by one
Intangible - ANS IS; unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence.
Congenital - ANS IS; innate
existing at birth but not hereditary
gestate - ANS IS; carry a fetus in the womb from conception to birth
mordant - ANS IS; joking
Transmute - ANS IS; to change from one form to another; to transform