NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS/ 179 TERMS
WITH CERTIFIED DEFINITIONS. (Words based
on the book "NLN Review guide for RN pre-
entrance Exam" By Jones and Bartlett 3rd
edition)
Abrasions - Answer: Scrapes
Abstemious - Answer: Discipline, self-denying, moderate
Accolade - Answer: honor, privilege, award, tribute
Adamant - Answer: Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate
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,Adversaries - Answer: Opponents
Affinity - Answer: empathy for, harmony
Agrarian - Answer: Farm production
Allay - Answer: reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm
Aloof - Answer: distant, detached, unfriendly
Altruist - Answer: Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish
Ambiguous - Answer: open to more than one interpretation, double meaning,
vague
Amiable - Answer: friendly, affable, amicable, cordial
Anachronism - Answer: belonging to another period other the present
Animosity - Answer: great ill - hostility, hatred
Antediluvian - Answer: Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé
Antithesis - Answer: opposite, contrary, reverse
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, Apathy - Answer: indifference, lack of interest
Apex - Answer: Highest point
Ascetic - Answer: self-discipline, self-denying
Bauble - Answer: Trinket, Ornament, Frippery
Bedlam - Answer: Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder
Biennial - Answer: once every two years
Bigot - Answer: Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist
Bogus - Answer: not genuine, not true, fake, false
Brazen - Answer: Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent
Cacophonous - Answer: discordant
Calamity - Answer: Disaster
Callous - Answer: Heartless, cruel
Callow - Answer: Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive
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WITH CERTIFIED DEFINITIONS. (Words based
on the book "NLN Review guide for RN pre-
entrance Exam" By Jones and Bartlett 3rd
edition)
Abrasions - Answer: Scrapes
Abstemious - Answer: Discipline, self-denying, moderate
Accolade - Answer: honor, privilege, award, tribute
Adamant - Answer: Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate
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,Adversaries - Answer: Opponents
Affinity - Answer: empathy for, harmony
Agrarian - Answer: Farm production
Allay - Answer: reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm
Aloof - Answer: distant, detached, unfriendly
Altruist - Answer: Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish
Ambiguous - Answer: open to more than one interpretation, double meaning,
vague
Amiable - Answer: friendly, affable, amicable, cordial
Anachronism - Answer: belonging to another period other the present
Animosity - Answer: great ill - hostility, hatred
Antediluvian - Answer: Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé
Antithesis - Answer: opposite, contrary, reverse
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, Apathy - Answer: indifference, lack of interest
Apex - Answer: Highest point
Ascetic - Answer: self-discipline, self-denying
Bauble - Answer: Trinket, Ornament, Frippery
Bedlam - Answer: Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder
Biennial - Answer: once every two years
Bigot - Answer: Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist
Bogus - Answer: not genuine, not true, fake, false
Brazen - Answer: Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent
Cacophonous - Answer: discordant
Calamity - Answer: Disaster
Callous - Answer: Heartless, cruel
Callow - Answer: Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive
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