HESI A2 VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE
2024/2025 | TOP TESTED WORDS &
MEANINGS
Proscribe Forbid
Holistic Concerned with whole
Repugnant Offensive; to morals
Exiguous inadequency; lacking
Untenable No support; ground
Clement favorable
Adversity a state of burden or hardship
Anecdote a short story or account of an event
Assiduous diligent; hard-working
Benevolent showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
Boisterous rough; rowdy; unruly
Brazen bold or unrestrained by normal standards
Brusque attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
Circuitous lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
deleterious harmful or deadly to living things
deter to prevent or discourage
a deviation or detour from
the central topic or focucs
digression
diligent persistent and hardworking
disdain lack of respect or intense dislike
enervating causing debilitation or weakness
exasperate to intensely irritated or frustrated
exemplary worthy of imitation; setting the example
extenuating diminish the seriousness of something
fortitude strength and endurance during a difficult situation
fortuitous happening by accident or chance rather than design
garable reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a
confused and distorted way
hyperbole exaggerating; making something more than it is
impetuous acting or done quickly and without thought or care
imminent very likely to happen
inconsequential something without importance or significance
2024/2025 | TOP TESTED WORDS &
MEANINGS
Proscribe Forbid
Holistic Concerned with whole
Repugnant Offensive; to morals
Exiguous inadequency; lacking
Untenable No support; ground
Clement favorable
Adversity a state of burden or hardship
Anecdote a short story or account of an event
Assiduous diligent; hard-working
Benevolent showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
Boisterous rough; rowdy; unruly
Brazen bold or unrestrained by normal standards
Brusque attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
Circuitous lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
deleterious harmful or deadly to living things
deter to prevent or discourage
a deviation or detour from
the central topic or focucs
digression
diligent persistent and hardworking
disdain lack of respect or intense dislike
enervating causing debilitation or weakness
exasperate to intensely irritated or frustrated
exemplary worthy of imitation; setting the example
extenuating diminish the seriousness of something
fortitude strength and endurance during a difficult situation
fortuitous happening by accident or chance rather than design
garable reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a
confused and distorted way
hyperbole exaggerating; making something more than it is
impetuous acting or done quickly and without thought or care
imminent very likely to happen
inconsequential something without importance or significance
