HESI voabulary 1

Proscribe

Forbid

Holistic

Concerned with whole

Anecdote

A short story or account of an event

Assiduous

Diligent; hardworking

Benevolent

Showing sympathy, understanding and generosity

Boisterous

Rough; rowdy; unruly

Brazen

Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

Brusque

Attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff

Circuitous

Lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout

Deleterious

Harmful or deadly to living things

Deter

To prevent or discourage

Digression

A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

Diligent

Persistent and hardworking

Disdain

Lack of respect or intense dislike

Enervating

Causing debilitation or weakness

Exasperate

To intensely irritated or frustrated

Exemplary

Worthy of limitation; setting the example

Extenuating

Diminish the seriousness of something

Fortitude

Strength and endurance during a difficult situation

Fortuitous

Happening by accident or chance rather than design

Garable

Reproduce ( a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way

Hyperbole

Exaggerating; making something more than it is

Impetuous

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Imminent

Very likely to happen

Inconsequential

Something without importance or significance

Innocuous

Harmless

Novice

A beginner, inexperience

Paradox

Appearing conflicting or contradictory

Precocious

Showing advanced development or maturity at an early age

Prudent

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Repugnant

Offensive; to morals

Exiguous

Inadequency; lacking

Untenable

No support; ground

Clement

Favorable

Adversity

A state of burden or hardship

Sagacious

Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd

Seruntinize

Examine closely and carefully

Superficial

Shallow in character and attitude, only concerned with thing on the surface

Superfluous

More than is needed desired, or necessary

Tactful

Showing concern to not offend others

Tenacious

Determined without change or doubt from the plan

Terse

To the point; concise

Transient

Lasting for only a short time or duration

Trite

Dull; common

Venerable

Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age

Venerate

To regard with much respect

Wary

To be cautious or suspicious

Substantiate

Confirm

Emaciated

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

Extirpate

Remove

Malinger

Exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work

Contingence

Next to something

Portend

Forecast

Accost

Confront

Puerile

Childish

Conflate

Merge

Congenital

In existence from birth

Succinct

(Especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed

Callous

Mean

Turgid

Swollen and distended or congested

Salient

Important

Restive

Impatient, un easy, or restless

Auster

Attitude/ behavior

Impetus

Motivation

Contrite

Remorseful

Liable

1. Responsible by law; legally answerable

2. Likely to do or to be something

Bifurcate

Split

Influx

An arrival or an try of large numbers of people or things

Insidious

Subtle but harmful

Prevalent

Dominant; widespread

Obfuscate

To confuse; to bewilder

Undermine

Challenge authority, weaken

Onerous

Demanding

Dotage

The period of life in which a person is old and weak

Enumerate

Mention (a number of things) one by one

Intangible

Unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence

Transmute

Restrict (something) within limits

Obstinate

Adj. very difficult to change or overcome one’s opinion or action; stubborn

Affect

Have an affect on; make a difference to

Instill

(v.) 1. to gradually and firmly establish/ to introduce (idea or attitude) in a person's mind
2. to put a substance into something in the form of liquid drops

Impart

(v.) to make (information) known; communicate; bestow (a quality)

Remedial

supplying a remedy; intended to correct
therapeutic

Jarring

making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

To void

Urinate, release urine from the bladder voluntarily

Abdicate

Verb. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne; to give up or leave

Brusque

adj.

1. abrupt or offhand in speech or manner; attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff

"she could be brusque and inpatient"

Sinuous

adj. having many curves and turns; thin and bending gracefully; supple

Vilify

Revive, animate, give life to

Inquest

Autopsy

Gravid

Expecting a child

Ambivalent

Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once

Deluge

A flood; an overwhelming rush

Keening

Noun: the action of wailing in grief for a dead person.

Adj: (of a sound) prolonged and high-pitched, typically in a way that expresses grief or sorrow.

Keenness

Noun: the quality of being eager or enthusiastic; eagerness

(Willingness, desire or wish)

Keen

1. (Of sense) highly developed. - like eyesight

2. (Of the edge or point of a blade) sharp.

Adj