Hesi Entrance Exam Vocabulary Questions and
Correct Answers
ABRUPT
✓ ~~~ SUDDEN
ABSTAIN
✓ ~~~ TO VOLUNTARILY REFRAIN FROM SOMETHING
ACCESS
✓ ~~~ A MEANS TO OBTAIN ENTRY OR A MEANS OF APPROACH
ACCOUNTABLE
✓ ~~~ RESPONSIBLE
ADHERE
✓ ~~~ TO HOLD FAST OR STICK TOGETHER
ADVERSE
✓ ~~~ UNDESIRED, POSSIBLY HARMFUL
AFFECT
✓ ~~~ APPEARANCE OF OBSERVABLE EMOTIONS
,ANNUAL
✓ ~~~ OCCURRING EVERY YEAR
APPLY
✓ ~~~ TO PLACE, PUT ON, OR SPREAD SOMETHING
AUDIBLE
✓ ~~~ ABLE TO BE HEARD
BILATERAL
✓ ~~~ PRESENT ON TWO SIDES
CARDIAC
✓ ~~~ OF OR RELATING TO THE HEART
CAST
✓ ~~~ HARD PROTECTIVE DEVICE APPLIED TO PROTECT A BROKEN BONE
WHILE THE BONE HEALS
CAVITY
✓ ~~~ AN OPENING OR EMPTY AREA
CEASE
, ✓ ~~~ COME TO AN END OR BRING TO AN END
COMPENSATORY
✓ ~~~ OFFSETTING OR MAKING UP FOR SOMETHING
COMPLICATION
✓ ~~~ AN UNDESIRED PROBLEM THAT IS THE RESULT OF SOME OTHER
EVENT
COMPLY
✓ ~~~ DO AS DIRECTED
CONCAVE
✓ ~~~ ROUNDED INWARD
CONCISE
✓ ~~~ BRIEF, TO THE POINT
CONSISTENCY
✓ ~~~ DEGREE OF VISCOSITY; HOW THINK OR THIN A FLUID IS
constrict
✓ ~~~ to draw together or become smaller
Correct Answers
ABRUPT
✓ ~~~ SUDDEN
ABSTAIN
✓ ~~~ TO VOLUNTARILY REFRAIN FROM SOMETHING
ACCESS
✓ ~~~ A MEANS TO OBTAIN ENTRY OR A MEANS OF APPROACH
ACCOUNTABLE
✓ ~~~ RESPONSIBLE
ADHERE
✓ ~~~ TO HOLD FAST OR STICK TOGETHER
ADVERSE
✓ ~~~ UNDESIRED, POSSIBLY HARMFUL
AFFECT
✓ ~~~ APPEARANCE OF OBSERVABLE EMOTIONS
,ANNUAL
✓ ~~~ OCCURRING EVERY YEAR
APPLY
✓ ~~~ TO PLACE, PUT ON, OR SPREAD SOMETHING
AUDIBLE
✓ ~~~ ABLE TO BE HEARD
BILATERAL
✓ ~~~ PRESENT ON TWO SIDES
CARDIAC
✓ ~~~ OF OR RELATING TO THE HEART
CAST
✓ ~~~ HARD PROTECTIVE DEVICE APPLIED TO PROTECT A BROKEN BONE
WHILE THE BONE HEALS
CAVITY
✓ ~~~ AN OPENING OR EMPTY AREA
CEASE
, ✓ ~~~ COME TO AN END OR BRING TO AN END
COMPENSATORY
✓ ~~~ OFFSETTING OR MAKING UP FOR SOMETHING
COMPLICATION
✓ ~~~ AN UNDESIRED PROBLEM THAT IS THE RESULT OF SOME OTHER
EVENT
COMPLY
✓ ~~~ DO AS DIRECTED
CONCAVE
✓ ~~~ ROUNDED INWARD
CONCISE
✓ ~~~ BRIEF, TO THE POINT
CONSISTENCY
✓ ~~~ DEGREE OF VISCOSITY; HOW THINK OR THIN A FLUID IS
constrict
✓ ~~~ to draw together or become smaller
