HESI A2 words (Full 2026) exam with |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
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Abstain - correct answer✔✔To voluntarily refrain from something.
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Abrupt - correct answer✔✔Sudden and possibly unexpected
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Accolade - correct answer✔✔Tribute or honor. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Accountable - correct answer✔✔To be responsible |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Acute - correct answer✔✔Sudden, intense.
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Adhere - correct answer✔✔To hold fast or stick together.
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Adverse - correct answer✔✔Undesired, possibly harmful.
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Aegis - correct answer✔✔Control, protection.
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Aggregate - correct answer✔✔A sum total of many things. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Aggrieved - correct answer✔✔Hurt or angry. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Ambivalent - correct answer✔✔Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Anachronism - correct answer✔✔A thing of the past. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Antidote - correct answer✔✔Cure or remedy. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Antigen - correct answer✔✔stimulates the production of antibodies
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Alleviate - correct answer✔✔Reduce. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Apply - correct answer✔✔To place, put on, or spread something.
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Assent - correct answer✔✔To give consent, to agree.
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Audible - correct answer✔✔Able to be heard.
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Bacteria - correct answer✔✔Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
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Barrage - correct answer✔✔Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack).
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Bearing - correct answer✔✔Manner, direction, or influence.
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Benign - correct answer✔✔Not harmful.
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Bilateral - correct answer✔✔Present on two sides.
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Callous - correct answer✔✔Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
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, Cardiac - correct answer✔✔Of or relating to the heart.
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Cataract - correct answer✔✔Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes
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progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Cavity - correct answer✔✔An opening or an empty area.
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Cease - correct answer✔✔Come to an end or bring to an end.
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Chronology - correct answer✔✔Order of events as they occurred; timeline. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Compensatory - correct answer✔✔Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
of a contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.
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complement - correct answer✔✔something that completes or makes up a whole |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Concave - correct answer✔✔Rounded inward. (RBC) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Concise - correct answer✔✔Brief, to the point.
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Consistency - correct answer✔✔Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to
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how it flows. (Texture).
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Constitute - correct answer✔✔To establish, create, or organize. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Constrict - correct answer✔✔To draw together or become smaller.
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Abstain - correct answer✔✔To voluntarily refrain from something.
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Abrupt - correct answer✔✔Sudden and possibly unexpected
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Accolade - correct answer✔✔Tribute or honor. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Accountable - correct answer✔✔To be responsible |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Acute - correct answer✔✔Sudden, intense.
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Adhere - correct answer✔✔To hold fast or stick together.
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Adverse - correct answer✔✔Undesired, possibly harmful.
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Aegis - correct answer✔✔Control, protection.
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Aggregate - correct answer✔✔A sum total of many things. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Aggrieved - correct answer✔✔Hurt or angry. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Ambivalent - correct answer✔✔Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Anachronism - correct answer✔✔A thing of the past. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Antidote - correct answer✔✔Cure or remedy. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Antigen - correct answer✔✔stimulates the production of antibodies
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Alleviate - correct answer✔✔Reduce. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Apply - correct answer✔✔To place, put on, or spread something.
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Assent - correct answer✔✔To give consent, to agree.
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Audible - correct answer✔✔Able to be heard.
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Bacteria - correct answer✔✔Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
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Barrage - correct answer✔✔Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack).
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Bearing - correct answer✔✔Manner, direction, or influence.
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Benign - correct answer✔✔Not harmful.
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Bilateral - correct answer✔✔Present on two sides.
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Callous - correct answer✔✔Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
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, Cardiac - correct answer✔✔Of or relating to the heart.
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Cataract - correct answer✔✔Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes
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progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Cavity - correct answer✔✔An opening or an empty area.
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Cease - correct answer✔✔Come to an end or bring to an end.
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Chronology - correct answer✔✔Order of events as they occurred; timeline. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Compensatory - correct answer✔✔Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
of a contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.
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complement - correct answer✔✔something that completes or makes up a whole |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Concave - correct answer✔✔Rounded inward. (RBC) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Concise - correct answer✔✔Brief, to the point.
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Consistency - correct answer✔✔Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to
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how it flows. (Texture).
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Constitute - correct answer✔✔To establish, create, or organize. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Constrict - correct answer✔✔To draw together or become smaller.
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