TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
resolute - correct answers✅✅determined (think of new years resolutions
that you are determined to fufill)
germinate - correct answers✅✅sprout, seed, bud
congeal - correct answers✅✅solidify, coagulate, harden
rudimentary - correct answers✅✅basic, opposite of advanced
dandy - correct answers✅✅someone who is elegant in dress or has
manners
whimsical - correct answers✅✅playful, opposite of grim or grave
penitent - correct answers✅✅person who tends to regret
querulous - correct answers✅✅habitually whining person, tends to
complain or argue over minor details
virtuouso - correct answers✅✅having great skill, opposite of incompetent
mutable - correct answers✅✅prone to change (think of a mutation or an
abnormal change)
antediluvial - correct answers✅✅before a flood
diluvial - correct answers✅✅having to do with a flood
,TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
legislate - correct answers✅✅mandate throught the creation of laws
prattle - correct answers✅✅talk aimlessly or idly
erroneous - correct answers✅✅mistake (err-think error)
ominous - correct answers✅✅predicts or foreshadows disaster
unguent - correct answers✅✅ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite
of irritant
orator - correct answers✅✅public speaker who needs to be able to
articulate
exculpate - correct answers✅✅clear from blame
ravenous - correct answers✅✅extremely hungry
supplicant - correct answers✅✅humble begger has humility
maven - correct answers✅✅expert, has expertise
insidious - correct answers✅✅something that spreads harmfully in a
subtle or stealthy manner
,TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
cede - correct answers✅✅yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
eschew - correct answers✅✅forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
proscribe - correct answers✅✅forbid or prohibit as harmful
percent increase formula - correct answers✅✅(change/original number) x
100%
circumfrence of a circle formula - correct answers✅✅2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
commensal relationship - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅cluster of ribosomes
notochord - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
, TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
electron transport chain - correct answers✅✅directly produces the pH
gradient by pumping protons out of the mitochondrial matrix. the proton
gradient is used to make ATP.
closed circuit - correct answers✅✅has continuity and allows current to
flow in it
as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to electrons -
correct answers✅✅electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the
outermost shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction
becoming closer and more tightly bound to the nucleus.
voltage drop - correct answers✅✅happens as current passes through a
resistance, represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the
form of heat.
what temperature does water at sea level boil - correct answers✅✅212F,
100C, 373K
logy - correct answers✅✅lethargic, lacking in energy or vitality, mental
and physical slowness
gametes - correct answers✅✅sex cells (sperm and egg), humans have 23
chromosomes in each sex cell (made of 22 autosomes), 1n, haploid because
they have half as many as regular human cells. In a regular cell (not sex cell)
there is a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell or a set of 23.
regular cells - correct answers✅✅2n, or diploid a set of 23 chromosomes
or 46 chromosomes
Questions and Answers
resolute - correct answers✅✅determined (think of new years resolutions
that you are determined to fufill)
germinate - correct answers✅✅sprout, seed, bud
congeal - correct answers✅✅solidify, coagulate, harden
rudimentary - correct answers✅✅basic, opposite of advanced
dandy - correct answers✅✅someone who is elegant in dress or has
manners
whimsical - correct answers✅✅playful, opposite of grim or grave
penitent - correct answers✅✅person who tends to regret
querulous - correct answers✅✅habitually whining person, tends to
complain or argue over minor details
virtuouso - correct answers✅✅having great skill, opposite of incompetent
mutable - correct answers✅✅prone to change (think of a mutation or an
abnormal change)
antediluvial - correct answers✅✅before a flood
diluvial - correct answers✅✅having to do with a flood
,TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
legislate - correct answers✅✅mandate throught the creation of laws
prattle - correct answers✅✅talk aimlessly or idly
erroneous - correct answers✅✅mistake (err-think error)
ominous - correct answers✅✅predicts or foreshadows disaster
unguent - correct answers✅✅ointment used to soothe or heal, opposite
of irritant
orator - correct answers✅✅public speaker who needs to be able to
articulate
exculpate - correct answers✅✅clear from blame
ravenous - correct answers✅✅extremely hungry
supplicant - correct answers✅✅humble begger has humility
maven - correct answers✅✅expert, has expertise
insidious - correct answers✅✅something that spreads harmfully in a
subtle or stealthy manner
,TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
cede - correct answers✅✅yield, give up, transfer title to someone else
eschew - correct answers✅✅forbid, shun, abatain from, avoid it
proscribe - correct answers✅✅forbid or prohibit as harmful
percent increase formula - correct answers✅✅(change/original number) x
100%
circumfrence of a circle formula - correct answers✅✅2 x pie x radius OR
diameter x pie
commensal relationship - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅cluster of ribosomes
notochord - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅proteins, typically work best at pH7.2
, TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam
Questions and Answers
electron transport chain - correct answers✅✅directly produces the pH
gradient by pumping protons out of the mitochondrial matrix. the proton
gradient is used to make ATP.
closed circuit - correct answers✅✅has continuity and allows current to
flow in it
as you go from left to right across a period, what happens to electrons -
correct answers✅✅electrons are added one at a time, the electrons of the
outermost shell experience an increasing amount of nuclear attraction
becoming closer and more tightly bound to the nucleus.
voltage drop - correct answers✅✅happens as current passes through a
resistance, represents an energy loss, this energy is usually dissipated in the
form of heat.
what temperature does water at sea level boil - correct answers✅✅212F,
100C, 373K
logy - correct answers✅✅lethargic, lacking in energy or vitality, mental
and physical slowness
gametes - correct answers✅✅sex cells (sperm and egg), humans have 23
chromosomes in each sex cell (made of 22 autosomes), 1n, haploid because
they have half as many as regular human cells. In a regular cell (not sex cell)
there is a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell or a set of 23.
regular cells - correct answers✅✅2n, or diploid a set of 23 chromosomes
or 46 chromosomes
