TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Study Guide – 2025 Complete Test Prep
with Practice Questions & Answers
resolute - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----determined (think of new years resolutions
that you are determined to fufill)
germinate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----sprout, seed, bud
congeal - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----solidify, coagulate, harden
rudimentary - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----basic, opposite of advanced
dandy - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----someone who is elegant in dress or has
manners
whimsical - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----playful, opposite of grim or grave
,penitent - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----person who tends to regret
querulous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----habitually whining person, tends to
complain or argue over minor details
virtuouso - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----having great skill, opposite of incompetent
mutable - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----prone to change (think of a mutation or an
abnormal change)
antediluvial - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----before a flood
diluvial - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----having to do with a flood
legislate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----mandate throught the creation of laws
prattle - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----talk aimlessly or idly
erroneous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----mistake (err-think error)
ominous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----predicts or foreshadows disaster
,unguent - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of
irritant
orator - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----public speaker who needs to be able to
articulate
exculpate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----clear from blame
ravenous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----extremely hungry
supplicant - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----humble begger has humility
maven - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----expert, has expertise
insidious - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----something that spreads harmfully in a
subtle or stealthy manner
cede - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
eschew - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
, proscribe - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----forbid or prohibit as harmful
percent increase formula - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----(change/original number) x
100%
circumfrence of a circle formula - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
commensal relationship - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----form of a symbiotic
relationship, two organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits
while the other is neither harms or benefites. +/0 relationship
polysome - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----cluster of ribosomes
notochord - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all
chordates, this remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen
only in the embryo and as a vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species has
notochord it is by definition it is a chordate. Ex: fish, birds, mammals
enzymes - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
Study Guide – 2025 Complete Test Prep
with Practice Questions & Answers
resolute - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----determined (think of new years resolutions
that you are determined to fufill)
germinate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----sprout, seed, bud
congeal - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----solidify, coagulate, harden
rudimentary - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----basic, opposite of advanced
dandy - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----someone who is elegant in dress or has
manners
whimsical - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----playful, opposite of grim or grave
,penitent - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----person who tends to regret
querulous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----habitually whining person, tends to
complain or argue over minor details
virtuouso - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----having great skill, opposite of incompetent
mutable - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----prone to change (think of a mutation or an
abnormal change)
antediluvial - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----before a flood
diluvial - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----having to do with a flood
legislate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----mandate throught the creation of laws
prattle - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----talk aimlessly or idly
erroneous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----mistake (err-think error)
ominous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----predicts or foreshadows disaster
,unguent - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite of
irritant
orator - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----public speaker who needs to be able to
articulate
exculpate - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----clear from blame
ravenous - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----extremely hungry
supplicant - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----humble begger has humility
maven - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----expert, has expertise
insidious - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----something that spreads harmfully in a
subtle or stealthy manner
cede - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
eschew - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
, proscribe - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----forbid or prohibit as harmful
percent increase formula - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----(change/original number) x
100%
circumfrence of a circle formula - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
commensal relationship - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----form of a symbiotic
relationship, two organisms live in close association with each other. One benefits
while the other is neither harms or benefites. +/0 relationship
polysome - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----cluster of ribosomes
notochord - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----a semi-rigid rod in the dorsal part of all
chordates, this remains as a semi-rigid chord, although in highrt chordates it is seen
only in the embryo and as a vestigial organ.
-a flexible material made out of similar material to cartilage. If a species has
notochord it is by definition it is a chordate. Ex: fish, birds, mammals
enzymes - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
