HESI A2 A&P Practice Questions 2025 | Verified Exam
Review & Detailed Rationales
abrasive - correct answerIrritating; rude or unfriendly.
Abstain - correct answerTo voluntarily refrain from something.
Accountable - correct answerAnswerable; responsible for one's actions.
Acute - correct answerSevere or intense; sharp
Adjacent - correct answerClose to; nearby
Adverse - correct answerUndesired, possibly harmful.
Alleviate - correct answerTo make less severe; to relieve.
Ambiguous - correct answerOf uncertain meaning; having more than one possible
interpretation.
Ambulate - correct answerTo walk
Analogous - correct answerComparable, similar.
Anemic - correct answerWeak; lifeless.
Apathy - correct answerLack of concern or interest.
Articulate - correct answerTo speak clearly; to put into words.
Atrophy - correct answerTo gradually weaken due to lack of use or neglect.
Benevolent - correct answerKind-hearted; generous.
Benign - correct answerHarmless; gentle.
Bore - correct answerTo make a hole by digging or drilling.
Cerebral - correct answerIntelligent; relating to the brain or the mind.
Chronic - correct answerLasting or recurring over a long period of time.
Coherent - correct answerEasy to understand; reasonable.
, Compensate - correct answerTo make up for a fault or deficiency; to pay for something.
Concave - correct answerRounded inward.
Congenital - correct answerMaking up an essential part of a person's character; natural.
Conspicuous - correct answerObvious; very noticeable.
Constricted - correct answerLimited or reduced.
Contingent - correct answerDependent.
Copious - correct answerGreat in amount or number; heavy.
Cursory - correct answerQuick, perfunctory, not thorough.
Debacle - correct answerTotal failure; disaster.
Depleted - correct answerReduced; weakened or worn out
Deteriorate - correct answerTo decline or worsen.
Diffuse - correct answerSpread over a large area; generalized.
Dilute - correct answerTo weaken or lessen.
Discrete - correct answerDistinct, separate.
Distend - correct answerTo enlarge or expand.
Docile - correct answerEasily controlled; agreeable.
Dormant - correct answerInactive; sleeping.
Elicit - correct answerTo cause a reaction; to draw out a response or emotion from
someone.
Emit - correct answerTo make a sound; to release something into the air.
Equilibrium - correct answerA state of balance.
Evasive - correct answerSeeking to avoid or escape a situation.
Exacerbate - correct answerTo make worse or more severe.
Review & Detailed Rationales
abrasive - correct answerIrritating; rude or unfriendly.
Abstain - correct answerTo voluntarily refrain from something.
Accountable - correct answerAnswerable; responsible for one's actions.
Acute - correct answerSevere or intense; sharp
Adjacent - correct answerClose to; nearby
Adverse - correct answerUndesired, possibly harmful.
Alleviate - correct answerTo make less severe; to relieve.
Ambiguous - correct answerOf uncertain meaning; having more than one possible
interpretation.
Ambulate - correct answerTo walk
Analogous - correct answerComparable, similar.
Anemic - correct answerWeak; lifeless.
Apathy - correct answerLack of concern or interest.
Articulate - correct answerTo speak clearly; to put into words.
Atrophy - correct answerTo gradually weaken due to lack of use or neglect.
Benevolent - correct answerKind-hearted; generous.
Benign - correct answerHarmless; gentle.
Bore - correct answerTo make a hole by digging or drilling.
Cerebral - correct answerIntelligent; relating to the brain or the mind.
Chronic - correct answerLasting or recurring over a long period of time.
Coherent - correct answerEasy to understand; reasonable.
, Compensate - correct answerTo make up for a fault or deficiency; to pay for something.
Concave - correct answerRounded inward.
Congenital - correct answerMaking up an essential part of a person's character; natural.
Conspicuous - correct answerObvious; very noticeable.
Constricted - correct answerLimited or reduced.
Contingent - correct answerDependent.
Copious - correct answerGreat in amount or number; heavy.
Cursory - correct answerQuick, perfunctory, not thorough.
Debacle - correct answerTotal failure; disaster.
Depleted - correct answerReduced; weakened or worn out
Deteriorate - correct answerTo decline or worsen.
Diffuse - correct answerSpread over a large area; generalized.
Dilute - correct answerTo weaken or lessen.
Discrete - correct answerDistinct, separate.
Distend - correct answerTo enlarge or expand.
Docile - correct answerEasily controlled; agreeable.
Dormant - correct answerInactive; sleeping.
Elicit - correct answerTo cause a reaction; to draw out a response or emotion from
someone.
Emit - correct answerTo make a sound; to release something into the air.
Equilibrium - correct answerA state of balance.
Evasive - correct answerSeeking to avoid or escape a situation.
Exacerbate - correct answerTo make worse or more severe.
