HESI a2 Vocabulary (exam review) Questions With Correct Answers

abstain - To voluntarily refrain from something. accountable - to be responsible acute - sudden, intense adhere - To hold fast or stick together adverse - Undesired, possibly harmful aegis - control, protection ambivalent - uncertain, having contradictory feelings apply - To place, put on, or spread something assent - To give consent; to agree audible - able to be heard bacteria - single-celled, microscopic organisms bilateral - Present on two sides cardiac - of or relating to the heart cavity - An opening or an empty area cease - come to an end or bring to an end chronology - order of events as they occurred; timeline compensatory - offsetting or making up for something concave - Rounded inward concise - brief and to the point consistency - 1. Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is 2. harmony of conduct or practice with profession constrict - To draw together or become smaller contingent - dependent on something else contraindication - A reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done convulsive - affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions cursory - hasty, quick, not thorough deficate - Expel feces deficit - A deficiency or lack of something depress - 1. Press downward 2. to lessen the activity or strength of something 3. sadden, discourage depth - Downward measurement from a surface deteriorating - worsening device - Tool or piece of equipment diagnosis - Identification of an injury or disease dilate - to enlarge or expand dilute - To make a liquid less concentrated discrete - Distinct, separate