HESI A2 WORDS (FULL 2026)
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Abstain - answer-To voluntarily refrain from something.
Abrupt - answer-Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade - answer-Tribute or honor.
Accountable - answer-To be responsible
Acute - answer-Sudden, intense.
Adhere - answer-To hold fast or stick together.
Adverse - answer-Undesired, possibly harmful.
Aegis - answer-Control, protection.
Aggregate - answer-A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved - answer-Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent - answer-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.
Anachronism - answer-A thing of the past.
,Antidote - answer-Cure or remedy.
Antigen - answer-stimulates the production of antibodies
Alleviate - answer-Reduce.
Apply - answer-To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent - answer-To give consent, to agree.
Audible - answer-Able to be heard.
Bacteria - answer-Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage - answer-Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack).
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.
Cataract - answer-Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively
opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
, Cavity - answer-An opening or an empty area.
Cease - answer-Come to an end or bring to an end.
Chronology - answer-Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
Compensatory - answer-Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a
contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.
complement - answer-something that completes or makes up a whole
Concave - answer-Rounded inward. (RBC)
Concise - answer-Brief, to the point.
Consistency - answer-Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it
flows. (Texture).
Constitute - answer-To establish, create, or organize.
Constrict - answer-To draw together or become smaller.
Contingent - answer-Dependent/reliant.
Contraindication - answer-A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.
Convoluted - answer-To be complex.
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Abstain - answer-To voluntarily refrain from something.
Abrupt - answer-Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade - answer-Tribute or honor.
Accountable - answer-To be responsible
Acute - answer-Sudden, intense.
Adhere - answer-To hold fast or stick together.
Adverse - answer-Undesired, possibly harmful.
Aegis - answer-Control, protection.
Aggregate - answer-A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved - answer-Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent - answer-Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.
Anachronism - answer-A thing of the past.
,Antidote - answer-Cure or remedy.
Antigen - answer-stimulates the production of antibodies
Alleviate - answer-Reduce.
Apply - answer-To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent - answer-To give consent, to agree.
Audible - answer-Able to be heard.
Bacteria - answer-Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage - answer-Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack).
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.
Cataract - answer-Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively
opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
, Cavity - answer-An opening or an empty area.
Cease - answer-Come to an end or bring to an end.
Chronology - answer-Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
Compensatory - answer-Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a
contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.
complement - answer-something that completes or makes up a whole
Concave - answer-Rounded inward. (RBC)
Concise - answer-Brief, to the point.
Consistency - answer-Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it
flows. (Texture).
Constitute - answer-To establish, create, or organize.
Constrict - answer-To draw together or become smaller.
Contingent - answer-Dependent/reliant.
Contraindication - answer-A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.
Convoluted - answer-To be complex.
