HESI A2 Vocab

Languid

Lacking energy/enthusiasm

Benevolent

Characterized by, or given to do good

Entreat

To plead with, especially in order to persuade

Banal

Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition

Inoculation

Action of giving someone a weak form of a disease as a protection against it. Ex: Vaccination

Patency

Condition of being opened or unobstructed

Vertigo

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance

Burgeoning

Growing or developing quickly

Tractable

Someone/something that is easily controlled, dealt with, or persuaded

Boorish

Rude and not considerate of other’s feelings

Parsiminous

Not willing to spend a lot of money, or to give or use a lot of something

Ruminate

Think carefully and long about something

Auspiciously

In a way that suggests a positive and successful future.

Cicatrix

New tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar

Otic

Of or relating to the ear

Virulent

Marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course

Austiculate

To examine by austiclation

Labile

Readily/continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change/breakdown

Invasive

The ability to infiltrate surrounding healthy tissue, or to spread from a localized area throughout the body

Brazen

Shameless or impudent

Placate

To stop, discontinue, or come to an end

Circumduction

Movement of a limb or extremity so that the distal end describes a circle while the proximal end remains fixed

Pensive

Someone engaged in, or reflecting deep/serious thought

Prophylactics

Something that us intended to prevent disease

Suppurate

To form or discharge pus

Node

Any buldge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

Expriate

To admit you did something that was a sin, or something you feel guilty about and to pay a penalty

Perpetual

Something that’s never-ending

Carbuncle

A painful, local prulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue

Emetic

Something that causes vomit

Occluded

To close, shut, or stop up

Squalid

Marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty

Disintended

Enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (as from internal pressure)

Flaccid

Soft or weak, rather than firm

Reprehensible

Someone/something deserving of blame or scolding

Irreproachable

Without fault and therefore impossible to criticize

Incidence

The rate/range of occurence/influence of something, especially of something unwanted

Fortuitous

Happening or produced by chance

Amenable

Someone willing to accept, or be influenced by a suggestion

Pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically, in a way that’s based on practical rather than theoretical considerations

Laden

Carrying/holding a lot of something

Prudent

Wise/judicial in practical affairs