COMPLETE HESI A2 VOCABULARY REVIEW – KEY TERMS, CONTEXT EXAMPLES & HIGH-YIELD PRACTICE ITEMS | UPDATED 2025/2026

COMPLETE HESI A2 VOCABULARY REVIEW – KEY TERMS,
CONTEXT EXAMPLES & HIGH-YIELD PRACTICE ITEMS |
UPDATED 2025/2026


Proscribe SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Forbid

Holistic SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Concerned with whole

Repugnant SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Offensive; to morals

Exiguous SELECTED ANSWER 👀 inadequency; lacking

Untenable SELECTED ANSWER 👀 No support; ground

Clement SELECTED ANSWER 👀 favorable

Adversity SELECTED ANSWER 👀 a state of burden or hardship

Anecdote SELECTED ANSWER 👀 a short story or account of an
event

Assiduous SELECTED ANSWER 👀 diligent; hard-working

Benevolent SELECTED ANSWER 👀 showing sympathy,
understanding, and generosity

, Boisterous SELECTED ANSWER 👀 rough; rowdy; unruly

Brazen SELECTED ANSWER 👀 bold or unrestrained by normal
standards

Brusque SELECTED ANSWER 👀 attitude of shortness or
rudeness; gruff

Circuitous SELECTED ANSWER 👀 lengthy due to being indirect
or roundabout

deleterious SELECTED ANSWER 👀 harmful or deadly to living
things

deter SELECTED ANSWER 👀 to prevent or discourage

digression SELECTED ANSWER 👀 a deviation or detour from
the central topic or focucs

diligent SELECTED ANSWER 👀 persistent and hardworking

disdain SELECTED ANSWER 👀 lack of respect or intense dislike

enervating SELECTED ANSWER 👀 causing debilitation or
weakness

exasperate SELECTED ANSWER 👀 to intensely irritated or
frustrated