HESI, Hesi A2, Hesi A2 Vocab, New Hesi, Vocabulary HESI

Proscribe

Forbid; esp by law

"gambling was proscribed"

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

ominous

Menacing; threatening; portentous

portentous

adj. ominous

compensatory

making up for; repaying; corrective

abstain

to choose not to do something; to forgo

cavity

hole

febrile

(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

to void

urinate, release urine from the bladder voluntarily

afebrile

adj. no fever

exemplary

(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model

Exiguous

adj. very small in size or amount; inadequate

"My bank account is exiguous because I like to shop"

occluded

closed or obstructed

Untenable

adj

1. not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection(especially of a position or view); unjustified

"these untenable explanations are not helping your case"

Clement

adj

1.(of weather) mild.

"it is a very clement day"

2.(of a person or a person's actions) merciful

"A clement judge reduced his sentence"

Abdicate

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

"King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936."

Adversity

noun. difficulty; misfortune

"It is such an adversity to buy clothes and see them go on sale the next day"

Assiduous

adj. showing great care and perseverance; diligent; meticulous

"I am only assiduous when it comes to having fun"

Benevolent

adj.

1. well meaning and kindly; showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity

2. serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose

"A benevolent fund"

Brazen

adj.

1. bold and without shame; unrestrained by normal standards.

"he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance"

2. made of brass

verb

1. to endure embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame

Brusque

adj.

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

"she could be brusque and inpatient"

Circuitous

adj.

1. longer than the most direct way; lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout

"the canal followed a circuitous route"

Collateral

noun

1. something pledgd as security or repayment of loan, to be forfeited in the event of a defult.

2. a person having the same descent in a family as another family but different line.

adj.

1. additional but subordinate; secondary. a subordinate or accessory part.

"collateral meanings of word"

2. descended from the same stock but different line

"collateral descendant of Bush"

3. situated side by side; parallel. adjoining or accompanying

"collateral veins"

deleterious

adj. causing harm or damage

"divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children"

digression

noun.

temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing. a deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

"let's return to the main topic after that brief digression"

disdain

noun. the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt.

"Her upper lip curled in disdain"

verb. consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.

"gamblers disdain four-horse races"

enervating

adj.

causing one to feel drained or energy or vitality; causing debilitation or weakness

"the enervating humidity of the coast"

ephemeral

adj. lasting only for a short period of time

noun. ephemeral plant

"fashions are ephemeral"

extenuating

adj. serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense (of a factor or situation)

"there were extenuating circumstances that caused me to say the things I did"

verb. 1. to cause an offense to seem less serious. "I cannot extenuate you because you lied to me"

2. to make (someone) thin. "his whole frame was extenuated by hunger and fatigue"

fortitude

n. courage in pain or adversity

"she endured her illness with great fortitude"

fortuitous

adj. happening by accident or chance; fortunate

"the similarity between the paintings may not be simply fortuitous"

hyperbole

noun. exaggerating; making something more than it is

"he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"

impetuous

adj. acting or done quickly and without thought or care ; moving forcefully or rapidly

"Don't be too impetuous when answering multiple choice questions"

imminent

adj. very likely to happen

"they were in imminent danger of being swept away"

innocuous

adj. not harmful or offensive; harmless

"it was an innocuous question"

languid

adj. 1. displaying or having disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.

"they turned with languid movement from back to front so as to tan evenly"

2. weak or faint from illness or fatigue

"she was pale and languid from delivering a child"

precocious

adj. showing advanced development or maturity at an early age

"their kids have a precocious talent for the violin"

prudent

careful and sensible; using good judgement

"no prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose"

resilient

adj. (of a person/animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

"Even though my grades were bad at the beginning, I was resilient and improved them at the end"

scrutinize

v. to examine closely and carefully

"customers were warned to scrutinize the small prints of designer bags"

superfluous

more than is needed desired, or necessary

"the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information"

tenacious

adj. tending to keep a firm hold of something; determined; persisting in existence

"you're tenacious and you get at the truth"

Transient

adj. lasting for only a short time or duration; impermanent

n. someone who is working in a place for a short time

"a transient cold spell"

Trite

adj. (of a remark, opinion, idea) overused and consequently of little importance; lacking originality or freshness.

"this point may now seem obvious and trite"

venerable

adj. worthy of respect because of wisdom or age

"a venerable statesman"

substantiate

v. to provide evidence to support the truth; prove

"they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations"

sinous

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

"the sinuous grace of a cat"

emaciated

adj. abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

"I was so emaciated from donating blood that I passed out"

extirpate

v. to root out and destroy completely; destroy; eradicate

"the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land"

malinger

v. exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work; pretend to be ill

"I called in sick but I am actually malingering my sickness"

contingence

n. touching; contact.

connection; affinity.

verb. to sign or warn that (something, especially something important & catastrophic) is likely to happen.

"the eclipses portend some major events"

portend

Accost

v. to confront and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

"If someone talk shit behind my back and I find out, I will personally accost them"

puerile

childish silly and trivial.

"you're making puerile excuses"

succinct

adj. brief and clearly expressed (esp of something written or spoken)

"use short, succinct sentences on your personal statement"

callous

mean, showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

"his callous comments about the murder made me shiver"

placate

v. to make (someone) less angry or hostile.

"whenever i'm mad, i placate myself with online shopping"

inure

v. to be accustomed (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant; toughen

v. (law) to take effect

"these children have been inured to violence"

"a release given to the contractors inures to benefit of both"

turgid

inflate, swollen and distended or congested.

"the tissues become turgid"

paucity

n. the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.

"I cannot jump to conclusion with such paucity of evidence"

salient

adj. most noticeable or important

"it clearly covered all the salient points of the case"

restive

adj. (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom; restless

austere

adj. severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.

"an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook"

impetus

motivation, incentive; the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.

"the crisis of the 1860s provided the original impetus for the settlements"

laconic

adj. (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words; brief in speech

"his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic"

Contrite

adj. Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.

"The students were contrite about denouncing their teacher because she was sick the next day"

Postulate

v. to claim, to suggest, to propose of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

"My hypothesis postulates that older phones will have worse battery life"

Taciturn

adj. reserved or untalkative in speech (of a person); saying little.

Chide

Scold or rebuke.

"she chided him for not replying to her letters"

Consternation

n. feelings of dismay, typically at something unexpected.

"I sleep in consternation not knowing where my phones are"

Illustrious

adj. well known, respected, and admired for past achievements; eminent

"Eminem is illustrious and eminent for his rapping skills"

Obstinate

adj. very difficult to change or overcome one's opinion or action; stubborn

"He is an obstinate advocacy of Trump"

Anastamosis

n. a connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels, parts of the intestine, or other channels of the body, or the operation in which this is constructed.

Liable

Volatile, likely to do or to be something.

"patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly"

Milieu

n. a person's social environment.

"When moving to a different town, it was hard to adjust to his new milieu"

Bifurcate

v. to divide two branches or forks

adj. branched

Typify

v. to symbolize or represent

"the sun typified the Greeks, and the moon the Persians"

Irrevocable

adj. not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final

"once you go black, you go irrevocable"

Abate

v. (of something perceived as porteous) to become less intense or widespread

v. (law) to reduce, lessen, or remove (especially a nuisance).

"this action would not have been sufficient to abate the odor nuisance"

Feckless

adj. lacking initiative or strength of character; weak; ineffective

"My feckless lab partner always need help"

Goad

force, provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

"he goaded her on to more daring revelations"

Obfuscate

v. to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; to make something difficult to understand

v. to confuse (someone)

"Trump keep obfuscating the government issues"

Immutable

adj. unchanging over time; unchangeable

Dichotomy

split

a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

"a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism"

Intemperate

unrestrained, having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate.

"intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies"

Onerous

demanding, (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

"he found his duties increasingly onerous"

Overwrought

adj. in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

"Most students are overwrought to their nursing exams"

Dotage

senility, the period of life in which a person is old and weak.

"you could live here and look after me in my dotage"

Putative

accepted; generally considered or reputed to be.

"the putative father of a boy of two"

Intangible

adj. unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence; vague

"cyberspace is intangible to me"

Conflate

v. to combine/merge (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one.

"the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues"

Mordant

a substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

Transmute

v. to change

Cirsumscribe

v. to restrict (something) within limits.

"my parents circumscribed my night outs with the girls unless they know I am safe"

Deleterious

Harmful

Causing harm or damage

Deferentially

Respectfully

showing respect; acknowledging superior claims, skill, judgment, or other qualities in another