HESI A2 READING 2026 TEST PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Figurative language. Answer: Use of a word to imply something
other than the word's literal definition
◉ Root. Answer: - Building blocks of all words
- Can come from Greek/Latin roots (e.g. pre-NAT-al)
◉ Prefixes. Answer: Syllables added to the beginning of a word
◉ Suffixes. Answer: Syllables added to the end of the word
◉ ast(er). Answer: Star (asteroid, astronomy)
◉ audi. Answer: Hear (audience, audible)
◉ auto. Answer: Self (automatic, autograph)
◉ bene. Answer: Good (beneficent, benign)
, ◉ bio. Answer: Life (biology, biorhythm)
◉ cap. Answer: Take (capture)
◉ ced. Answer: Yield (secede)
◉ chrono. Answer: Time (chronometer, chronic)
◉ corp. Answer: Body (corporeal)
◉ crac or crat. Answer: Rule (autocrat)
◉ demo. Answer: People (democracy)
◉ dict. Answer: Say (dictionary, dictation)
◉ duc. Answer: Lead or make (ductile, produce)
◉ gen. Answer: Give birth (generation, genetics)
◉ geo. Answer: Earth (geography, geometry)
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Figurative language. Answer: Use of a word to imply something
other than the word's literal definition
◉ Root. Answer: - Building blocks of all words
- Can come from Greek/Latin roots (e.g. pre-NAT-al)
◉ Prefixes. Answer: Syllables added to the beginning of a word
◉ Suffixes. Answer: Syllables added to the end of the word
◉ ast(er). Answer: Star (asteroid, astronomy)
◉ audi. Answer: Hear (audience, audible)
◉ auto. Answer: Self (automatic, autograph)
◉ bene. Answer: Good (beneficent, benign)
, ◉ bio. Answer: Life (biology, biorhythm)
◉ cap. Answer: Take (capture)
◉ ced. Answer: Yield (secede)
◉ chrono. Answer: Time (chronometer, chronic)
◉ corp. Answer: Body (corporeal)
◉ crac or crat. Answer: Rule (autocrat)
◉ demo. Answer: People (democracy)
◉ dict. Answer: Say (dictionary, dictation)
◉ duc. Answer: Lead or make (ductile, produce)
◉ gen. Answer: Give birth (generation, genetics)
◉ geo. Answer: Earth (geography, geometry)
