HESI A2 Vocabulary Practice Test
1. The patient’s stomach appeared distended, and the physician decided to
order an ultrasound.
A. Bloated
B. Weeping
C. Sponge-like
D. Robust
Question 1 Explanation:
"Distended" means "expanded" or "enlarged." The closest word to this
meaning is "bloated."
2. What is the best definition for the word therapeutic?
A. Understanding
B. Remedial
C. Palliative
D. Concurrent
Question 2 Explanation:
Something is therapeutic if it is related to curing or treating a disease.
"Remedial" or "remediation" are closely related to this definition.
3. When the lab work returned, it appeared that the
patient’s hematologic values were abnormal.
A. Circumference
B. Blood
C. Immune system
D. Circulatory
Question 3 Explanation:
The prefix hemato- or hemo- indicates that a word relates to "blood."
4. Which word means “to happen again”?
A. Tended
B. Recommended
C. Follow
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D. Recur
Question 4 Explanation:
"Recur" means "to occur again."
5. In order to retain weight and maintain a good nutritional status, the doctor
wanted the patient to ________ his diet with additional foods containing
protein.
A. Template
B. Blend
C. Continue
D. Supplement
Question 5 Explanation:
To supplement something is to add to it, often completing it.
Although "blend" may seem close in meaning, it does not indicate
that something unique is being added to enhance the patient's
original diet.
6. The medication was ordered to be given as a sublingual dose.
A. Oral
B. By mouth
C. Under tongue
D. Rectally
Question 6 Explanation:
Although a sublingual medication will technically be taken
"orally" or "by mouth," the most specific answer is that a
sublingual medication is administered under the tongue
7. What is the best definition for the word retain?
A. Eliminate
B. Keep
C. Despair
D. Eject
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Question 7 Explanation:
To retain something is to keep it or hold it intact. The other answer
options are not related.
8. The doctor had prescribed an antibiotic to cure the patient’s infection, which
had ______ matters by causing a pruritic rash.
A. Exacerbated
B. Exhilarated
C. Augmented
D. Mistreated
Question 8 Explanation:
To exacerbate is to make more violent or severe. To
exhilarate is to make someone very happy or excited. To
augment is to make something bigger or more intense. To
mistreat is to treat poorly.
9. The medication could cause a burning sensation, so the pharmacy
technician diluted it with normal saline.
A. Potentiated
B. Poisoned
C. Weakened
D. Glorified
Question 9 Explanation:
To dilute something is either to diminish the strength of
something or to make it thinner.
10.What is the best definition for the word latent?
A. Hidden
B. Active
1. The patient’s stomach appeared distended, and the physician decided to
order an ultrasound.
A. Bloated
B. Weeping
C. Sponge-like
D. Robust
Question 1 Explanation:
"Distended" means "expanded" or "enlarged." The closest word to this
meaning is "bloated."
2. What is the best definition for the word therapeutic?
A. Understanding
B. Remedial
C. Palliative
D. Concurrent
Question 2 Explanation:
Something is therapeutic if it is related to curing or treating a disease.
"Remedial" or "remediation" are closely related to this definition.
3. When the lab work returned, it appeared that the
patient’s hematologic values were abnormal.
A. Circumference
B. Blood
C. Immune system
D. Circulatory
Question 3 Explanation:
The prefix hemato- or hemo- indicates that a word relates to "blood."
4. Which word means “to happen again”?
A. Tended
B. Recommended
C. Follow
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D. Recur
Question 4 Explanation:
"Recur" means "to occur again."
5. In order to retain weight and maintain a good nutritional status, the doctor
wanted the patient to ________ his diet with additional foods containing
protein.
A. Template
B. Blend
C. Continue
D. Supplement
Question 5 Explanation:
To supplement something is to add to it, often completing it.
Although "blend" may seem close in meaning, it does not indicate
that something unique is being added to enhance the patient's
original diet.
6. The medication was ordered to be given as a sublingual dose.
A. Oral
B. By mouth
C. Under tongue
D. Rectally
Question 6 Explanation:
Although a sublingual medication will technically be taken
"orally" or "by mouth," the most specific answer is that a
sublingual medication is administered under the tongue
7. What is the best definition for the word retain?
A. Eliminate
B. Keep
C. Despair
D. Eject
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Question 7 Explanation:
To retain something is to keep it or hold it intact. The other answer
options are not related.
8. The doctor had prescribed an antibiotic to cure the patient’s infection, which
had ______ matters by causing a pruritic rash.
A. Exacerbated
B. Exhilarated
C. Augmented
D. Mistreated
Question 8 Explanation:
To exacerbate is to make more violent or severe. To
exhilarate is to make someone very happy or excited. To
augment is to make something bigger or more intense. To
mistreat is to treat poorly.
9. The medication could cause a burning sensation, so the pharmacy
technician diluted it with normal saline.
A. Potentiated
B. Poisoned
C. Weakened
D. Glorified
Question 9 Explanation:
To dilute something is either to diminish the strength of
something or to make it thinner.
10.What is the best definition for the word latent?
A. Hidden
B. Active
