HESI A2 Words
Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX:
The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to
improve his breath odor.)
Abrupt - ANSWER ✔✔Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade - ANSWER ✔✔Tribute or honor.
Accountable - ANSWER ✔✔To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are
accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation
techniques.)
,Acute - ANSWER ✔✔Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered
the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing
acute pain after surgery.)
Adhere - ANSWER ✔✔To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape
must adhere to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
Adverse - ANSWER ✔✔Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is
an adverse effect of many medications.)
Aegis - ANSWER ✔✔Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions
are under the aegis of the nurse manager.)
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved - ANSWER ✔✔Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent - ANSWER ✔✔Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.
(EX: After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was
ambivalent about having a mastectomy.)
Anachronism - ANSWER ✔✔A thing of the past. "My disease is
anachronism"
Antidote - ANSWER ✔✔Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this
headache"
, Alleviate - ANSWER ✔✔Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my
pain"
Apply - ANSWER ✔✔To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent - ANSWER ✔✔To give consent, to agree.
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory
therapist noted the patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the
patient's asthma.
Bacteria - ANSWER ✔✔Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage - ANSWER ✔✔Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous
attack). "This staph disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
Bearing - ANSWER ✔✔Manner, direction, or influence.
Benign - ANSWER ✔✔Not harmful.
Bilateral - ANSWER ✔✔Present on two sides.
Callous - ANSWER ✔✔Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
Cardiac - ANSWER ✔✔Of or relating to the heart.
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Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX:
The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to
improve his breath odor.)
Abrupt - ANSWER ✔✔Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade - ANSWER ✔✔Tribute or honor.
Accountable - ANSWER ✔✔To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are
accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation
techniques.)
,Acute - ANSWER ✔✔Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered
the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing
acute pain after surgery.)
Adhere - ANSWER ✔✔To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape
must adhere to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
Adverse - ANSWER ✔✔Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is
an adverse effect of many medications.)
Aegis - ANSWER ✔✔Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions
are under the aegis of the nurse manager.)
Aggregate - ANSWER ✔✔A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved - ANSWER ✔✔Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent - ANSWER ✔✔Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.
(EX: After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was
ambivalent about having a mastectomy.)
Anachronism - ANSWER ✔✔A thing of the past. "My disease is
anachronism"
Antidote - ANSWER ✔✔Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this
headache"
, Alleviate - ANSWER ✔✔Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my
pain"
Apply - ANSWER ✔✔To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent - ANSWER ✔✔To give consent, to agree.
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory
therapist noted the patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the
patient's asthma.
Bacteria - ANSWER ✔✔Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage - ANSWER ✔✔Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous
attack). "This staph disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
Bearing - ANSWER ✔✔Manner, direction, or influence.
Benign - ANSWER ✔✔Not harmful.
Bilateral - ANSWER ✔✔Present on two sides.
Callous - ANSWER ✔✔Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
Cardiac - ANSWER ✔✔Of or relating to the heart.
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