HESI A2 Vocabulary and
General Knowledge
Abrupt - ANSWER ✔✔sudden
Absorption - ANSWER ✔✔movement of nutrients from the digestive
tube into the bloodstream
Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔to voluntarily refrain from something
Access - ANSWER ✔✔a means to obtain or gain entry or a means of
approach
Accountable - ANSWER ✔✔responsible
Adhere - ANSWER ✔✔to hold fast or stick together
,Adverse - ANSWER ✔✔undesired, possibly harmful
Affect - ANSWER ✔✔appearance of observable emotions
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔a sum total of many things
Ambiance - ANSWER ✔✔the atmosphere of an environment
Annual - ANSWER ✔✔occurring every year
Anterior - ANSWER ✔✔facing forward
Apply - ANSWER ✔✔to place, put on, or spread something
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔able to be heard
Bilateral - ANSWER ✔✔present on two sides
Cast - ANSWER ✔✔hard protective device applied to protect a
broken bone while the bone heals
Cease - ANSWER ✔✔come to an end or bring to an end
Compensatory - ANSWER ✔✔offsetting or making up for something
Complication - ANSWER ✔✔an undesired problem that is the result
of some other event
Comply - ANSWER ✔✔do as directed
, Concave - ANSWER ✔✔rounded inward
Concise - ANSWER ✔✔brief, to the point
Confines - ANSWER ✔✔limits or boundaries
Consistency - ANSWER ✔✔degree of viscosity, how thick or thin a
fluid is
Constrict - ANSWER ✔✔to draw together or become smaller
Contingent - ANSWER ✔✔dependent
Contour - ANSWER ✔✔shape or outline of a shape
Contract - ANSWER ✔✔to draw together, to reduce in size
Contraindication - ANSWER ✔✔a reason why something is not
advisable or why it should not be done
Defecate - ANSWER ✔✔expel feces
Diffusion - ANSWER ✔✔movement of materials from high
concentration to lower concentration
Digestion - ANSWER ✔✔the mechanical and chemical breakdown of
food
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General Knowledge
Abrupt - ANSWER ✔✔sudden
Absorption - ANSWER ✔✔movement of nutrients from the digestive
tube into the bloodstream
Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔to voluntarily refrain from something
Access - ANSWER ✔✔a means to obtain or gain entry or a means of
approach
Accountable - ANSWER ✔✔responsible
Adhere - ANSWER ✔✔to hold fast or stick together
,Adverse - ANSWER ✔✔undesired, possibly harmful
Affect - ANSWER ✔✔appearance of observable emotions
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔a sum total of many things
Ambiance - ANSWER ✔✔the atmosphere of an environment
Annual - ANSWER ✔✔occurring every year
Anterior - ANSWER ✔✔facing forward
Apply - ANSWER ✔✔to place, put on, or spread something
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔able to be heard
Bilateral - ANSWER ✔✔present on two sides
Cast - ANSWER ✔✔hard protective device applied to protect a
broken bone while the bone heals
Cease - ANSWER ✔✔come to an end or bring to an end
Compensatory - ANSWER ✔✔offsetting or making up for something
Complication - ANSWER ✔✔an undesired problem that is the result
of some other event
Comply - ANSWER ✔✔do as directed
, Concave - ANSWER ✔✔rounded inward
Concise - ANSWER ✔✔brief, to the point
Confines - ANSWER ✔✔limits or boundaries
Consistency - ANSWER ✔✔degree of viscosity, how thick or thin a
fluid is
Constrict - ANSWER ✔✔to draw together or become smaller
Contingent - ANSWER ✔✔dependent
Contour - ANSWER ✔✔shape or outline of a shape
Contract - ANSWER ✔✔to draw together, to reduce in size
Contraindication - ANSWER ✔✔a reason why something is not
advisable or why it should not be done
Defecate - ANSWER ✔✔expel feces
Diffusion - ANSWER ✔✔movement of materials from high
concentration to lower concentration
Digestion - ANSWER ✔✔the mechanical and chemical breakdown of
food
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