HESI A2 WORDS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.

HESI A2 WORDS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS.

1) Abstain -- Answer ✔✔ To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX: The dental
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hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath
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odor.)

2) Abrupt -- Answer ✔✔ Sudden and possibly unexpected
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3) Accolade -- Answer ✔✔ Tribute or honor. t t t t t t




4) Accountable -- Answer ✔✔ To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountablet t t t t t t t t t t




for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)
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5) Acute -- Answer ✔✔ Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the prescribed
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pain medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.)
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6) Adhere -- Answer ✔✔ To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to
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the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
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7) Adverse -- Answer ✔✔ Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse
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effect of many medications.)
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8) Aegis -- Answer ✔✔ Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the
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aegis of the nurse manager.)
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9) Aggregate -- Answer ✔✔ A sum total of many things. t t t t t t t t t




10) Aggrieved -- Answer ✔✔ Hurt or angry. t t t t t t

, 11) Ambivalent -- Answer ✔✔ Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After
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learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a
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mastectomy.)

12) Anachronism -- Answer ✔✔ A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism" t t t t t t t t t t t t




13) Antidote -- Answer ✔✔ Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache"
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14) Alleviate -- Answer ✔✔ Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain"
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15) Apply -- Answer ✔✔ To place, put on, or spread something.
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16) Assent -- Answer ✔✔ To give consent, to agree.
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17) Audible -- Answer ✔✔ Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the
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patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.
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18) Bacteria -- Answer ✔✔ Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
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19) Barrage -- Answer ✔✔ Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph
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disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
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20) Bearing -- Answer ✔✔ Manner, direction, or influence.
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21) Benign -- Answer ✔✔ Not harmful.
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22) Bilateral -- Answer ✔✔ Present on two sides.
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23) Callous -- Answer ✔✔ Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
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24) Cardiac -- Answer ✔✔ Of or relating to the heart.
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25) Cataract -- Answer ✔✔ Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes
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