Vocabulary HESI || Complete
\.Proscribe
Forbid; esp by law
"gambling was proscribed"
\.instill
(v.) 1. to gradually and firmly establish/ to introduce (idea or attitude) in a person's mind
2. to put a substance into something in the form of liquid drops
\.impart
(v.) to make (information) known; communicate; bestow (a quality)
\.remedial
supplying a remedy; intended to correct
therapeutic
\.jarring
making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
\.ominous
Menacing; threatening; portentous
\.portentous
adj. ominous
\.compensatory
making up for; repaying; corrective
\.abstain
to choose not to do something; to forgo
, \.cavity
hole
\.febrile
(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
\.to void
urinate, release urine from the bladder voluntarily
\.afebrile
adj. no fever
\.exemplary
(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
\.Exiguous
adj. very small in size or amount; inadequate
"My bank account is exiguous because I like to shop"
\.occluded
closed or obstructed
\.Untenable
adj
1. not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection(especially of a position or
view); unjustified
"these untenable explanations are not helping your case"
\.Clement
adj
1.(of weather) mild.
"it is a very clement day"
2.(of a person or a person's actions) merciful
"A clement judge reduced his sentence"