HESI A2 Vocabulary and General Knowledge 2025
HESI A2 VOCABULARY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2025 LATEST UPDATE WITH ACCURATE 100
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES ALREADY GRADED A+
Instructions to Candidates
• This revision exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions, each accompanied by
the correct answer.
• The purpose of this material is to support your personal revision and self-assessment.
• Please read each question carefully and thoroughly to ensure full understanding.
• Take your time to reflect on the correct answers and, where necessary, review related
study materials for deeper comprehension.
• You are encouraged to complete the exam under timed conditions to simulate a real
examination environment.
• Best of luck in your revision and upcoming exams.
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1.
Fill the blank with the correct word. Romania’s population is shrinking and aging because
thousands of young Romanians ___________ every year.
A. Emigrate
B. Expand
C. Import
D. Immigrate
Emigrate means to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one. Thousands of
Spaniards emigrated to Latin American countries during the first half of the 20th century. Import
means to buy or bring in products from another country. We started importing cars from Japan
in 1995; before that, we dedicated exclusively to European cars. Immigrate means to come to
live permanently in a country that is not your own. Both of our fathers, who had grown up in
the same Irish town, immigrated to Canada around the same time. Expand means to increase in
size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way. The company has been
constantly growing since it expanded its retail operations thirty years ago.
2.
Fill in the blank with the correct word: Everybody thought Portugal’s national team would
easily win the championship, but Bulgaria proved to be an _________ opponent, and the
match ended in a tie.
A. Harmless
B. Palatable
C. Obdurate
D. Emetic
Obdurate refers to someone who stubbornly refuses to change their opinion or course of action.
The actor explained that he didn’t want to discuss his ex-wife’s personal life, but the obdurate
journalist refused to drop the subject. Palatable refers to something that is satisfactory or
acceptable; pleasant to taste. He didn’t find the hard liquor to be palatable at all: it burned
down his throat and had a strong alcoholic taste. Harmless refers to someone or something that
is not able or not likely to cause harm. Despite what the man’s size and manners might tell you,
he’s pretty harmless. Emetic refers to something that causes vomit. Remember that it is an
emetic plant: don’t even taste it if you don’t want to spend the night vomiting.
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3.
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Amber, a material
widely used for jewelry, decorative objects, and for its healing purposes, is fossilized tree
resin.
A. A new growth of a plant
B. A clear, yellow, sticky substance produced by some trees and plants and used to make
varnish, medicine, or plastics, or a similar substance produced chemically for use in industry
C. The part of a tree, arm, etc. that is left after another part has been removed
D. A grey, green, or yellow plant-like organism that grows on rocks, walls, and trees
Resin is a clear, yellow, sticky substance produced by some trees and plants and used to make
varnish, medicine, or plastics, or a similar substance produced chemically for use in industry.
This resin, specifically designed for kitchen countertops, bar tops, and the like, will provide you
with a glossy, smooth, and low maintenance surface. A sprout is a new growth of a plant. Keep
in mind that sprouts have a risk of foodborne illness because the warm, moist conditions
required to grow them are ideal for the growth of bacteria. A stump is the part of a tree, arm,
etc. that is left after another part has been removed. It took the workers a whole day of work to
remove the stump in our front yard. Lichen is a grey, green, or yellow plant-like organism that
grows on rocks, walls, and trees. The tree, covered in lichen, had been cut several weeks before.
4.
Which word has a similar meaning to “vaccination”?
A. Inoculation
B. Proportion
C. Abundance
D. Embolism
Inoculation is the action of giving someone a weak form of a disease as protection against it.
Vaccination involved many risks in the past: if the conditions weren’t sterile the inoculation
didn’t work, or worse, introduced a new disease. Abundance is the situation in which there is
more than enough of something. The dancer had talent in abundance, but she lacked the
motivation to practice every day. The number or amount of a group or part of something, when
compared to the whole, is called a proportion. The proportion of people who go to work by
bicycle increased by 40% in the last ten years; now, almost one third of Californians use this
means of transport in their commutes. Embolism is an obstruction of an artery, typically by a
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clot of blood or an air bubble. The difference between thrombosis and embolism is that a
thrombus is a blood clot that forms in a vein, whereas an embolus is anything that moves
through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass.
5.
What is the meaning of “graduate”?
A. The person in charge of a university or school
B. A person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification
C. Someone who completed a school program
D. A person who teaches in a college or university
A graduate is someone who completed a school program. The graduates patiently waited for
the dean to finish his impossibly long and laudatory speech. The rector is the person in charge
of a university or school. The rectors of the best universities of the country agreed the proposed
reform would deeply affect low-income students. A dropout is a person who leaves school,
college, or university before completing a qualification. Nobody expected the college dropout to
become such a successful entrepreneur. An academic is a person who teaches in a college or
university. All the academics I know constantly complain about all the papers they have to
grade.
6.
What is the meaning of “patency”?
A. The action of helping someone by sharing work.
B. A piece of glass with curved sides used for concentrating or dispersing light rays
C. The condition of being open or unobstructed
D. Excessive admiration or praise
Patency is the condition of being open or unobstructed. The first thing we need to do is a tubal
patency ultrasound to check whether your Fallopian tubes are open or blocked. A lens is a piece
of glass with curved sides used for concentrating or dispersing light rays. The elder man needed
a magnifying lens to read the newspaper’s fine print. Assistance is the action of helping
someone by sharing work. Her nephew, who used to work as a contractor, was kind enough to
offer his assistance in building our new garage. Adulation is excessive admiration or praise. After
a while, it becomes hard to cope with the adulation of fans: you can’t even go grocery shopping
without somebody stopping you to praise your work.
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HESI A2 VOCABULARY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2025 LATEST UPDATE WITH ACCURATE 100
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES ALREADY GRADED A+
Instructions to Candidates
• This revision exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions, each accompanied by
the correct answer.
• The purpose of this material is to support your personal revision and self-assessment.
• Please read each question carefully and thoroughly to ensure full understanding.
• Take your time to reflect on the correct answers and, where necessary, review related
study materials for deeper comprehension.
• You are encouraged to complete the exam under timed conditions to simulate a real
examination environment.
• Best of luck in your revision and upcoming exams.
1|Page
, HESI A2 Vocabulary and General Knowledge 2025
1.
Fill the blank with the correct word. Romania’s population is shrinking and aging because
thousands of young Romanians ___________ every year.
A. Emigrate
B. Expand
C. Import
D. Immigrate
Emigrate means to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one. Thousands of
Spaniards emigrated to Latin American countries during the first half of the 20th century. Import
means to buy or bring in products from another country. We started importing cars from Japan
in 1995; before that, we dedicated exclusively to European cars. Immigrate means to come to
live permanently in a country that is not your own. Both of our fathers, who had grown up in
the same Irish town, immigrated to Canada around the same time. Expand means to increase in
size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way. The company has been
constantly growing since it expanded its retail operations thirty years ago.
2.
Fill in the blank with the correct word: Everybody thought Portugal’s national team would
easily win the championship, but Bulgaria proved to be an _________ opponent, and the
match ended in a tie.
A. Harmless
B. Palatable
C. Obdurate
D. Emetic
Obdurate refers to someone who stubbornly refuses to change their opinion or course of action.
The actor explained that he didn’t want to discuss his ex-wife’s personal life, but the obdurate
journalist refused to drop the subject. Palatable refers to something that is satisfactory or
acceptable; pleasant to taste. He didn’t find the hard liquor to be palatable at all: it burned
down his throat and had a strong alcoholic taste. Harmless refers to someone or something that
is not able or not likely to cause harm. Despite what the man’s size and manners might tell you,
he’s pretty harmless. Emetic refers to something that causes vomit. Remember that it is an
emetic plant: don’t even taste it if you don’t want to spend the night vomiting.
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3.
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Amber, a material
widely used for jewelry, decorative objects, and for its healing purposes, is fossilized tree
resin.
A. A new growth of a plant
B. A clear, yellow, sticky substance produced by some trees and plants and used to make
varnish, medicine, or plastics, or a similar substance produced chemically for use in industry
C. The part of a tree, arm, etc. that is left after another part has been removed
D. A grey, green, or yellow plant-like organism that grows on rocks, walls, and trees
Resin is a clear, yellow, sticky substance produced by some trees and plants and used to make
varnish, medicine, or plastics, or a similar substance produced chemically for use in industry.
This resin, specifically designed for kitchen countertops, bar tops, and the like, will provide you
with a glossy, smooth, and low maintenance surface. A sprout is a new growth of a plant. Keep
in mind that sprouts have a risk of foodborne illness because the warm, moist conditions
required to grow them are ideal for the growth of bacteria. A stump is the part of a tree, arm,
etc. that is left after another part has been removed. It took the workers a whole day of work to
remove the stump in our front yard. Lichen is a grey, green, or yellow plant-like organism that
grows on rocks, walls, and trees. The tree, covered in lichen, had been cut several weeks before.
4.
Which word has a similar meaning to “vaccination”?
A. Inoculation
B. Proportion
C. Abundance
D. Embolism
Inoculation is the action of giving someone a weak form of a disease as protection against it.
Vaccination involved many risks in the past: if the conditions weren’t sterile the inoculation
didn’t work, or worse, introduced a new disease. Abundance is the situation in which there is
more than enough of something. The dancer had talent in abundance, but she lacked the
motivation to practice every day. The number or amount of a group or part of something, when
compared to the whole, is called a proportion. The proportion of people who go to work by
bicycle increased by 40% in the last ten years; now, almost one third of Californians use this
means of transport in their commutes. Embolism is an obstruction of an artery, typically by a
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clot of blood or an air bubble. The difference between thrombosis and embolism is that a
thrombus is a blood clot that forms in a vein, whereas an embolus is anything that moves
through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass.
5.
What is the meaning of “graduate”?
A. The person in charge of a university or school
B. A person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification
C. Someone who completed a school program
D. A person who teaches in a college or university
A graduate is someone who completed a school program. The graduates patiently waited for
the dean to finish his impossibly long and laudatory speech. The rector is the person in charge
of a university or school. The rectors of the best universities of the country agreed the proposed
reform would deeply affect low-income students. A dropout is a person who leaves school,
college, or university before completing a qualification. Nobody expected the college dropout to
become such a successful entrepreneur. An academic is a person who teaches in a college or
university. All the academics I know constantly complain about all the papers they have to
grade.
6.
What is the meaning of “patency”?
A. The action of helping someone by sharing work.
B. A piece of glass with curved sides used for concentrating or dispersing light rays
C. The condition of being open or unobstructed
D. Excessive admiration or praise
Patency is the condition of being open or unobstructed. The first thing we need to do is a tubal
patency ultrasound to check whether your Fallopian tubes are open or blocked. A lens is a piece
of glass with curved sides used for concentrating or dispersing light rays. The elder man needed
a magnifying lens to read the newspaper’s fine print. Assistance is the action of helping
someone by sharing work. Her nephew, who used to work as a contractor, was kind enough to
offer his assistance in building our new garage. Adulation is excessive admiration or praise. After
a while, it becomes hard to cope with the adulation of fans: you can’t even go grocery shopping
without somebody stopping you to praise your work.
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