HESI A2 Vocabulary 6 edition 2024

Abrasive

Irritating; rude or unfriendly.

Abstain

To voluntarily refrain from something

Accountable

to be responsible

Acute

severe

Adhere

To hold fast or stick together

Adjacent

close to; nerby

Adverse

Undesired, possibly harmful

Alleviate

to make less severe

Ambiguous

Uncertain meaning

Ambulate

to walk

Analogous

Compable

Anemic

weak

Anomaly

unusual

Apathy

lack of interest

Articulare

to speak clearly

Assert

to state something strongly

Atrophy

to gradually weaken due to lack of use or neglect

Audible

Able to be heard

Benevolent

generous/kind

Benign

harmless

Bilateral

Present on two sides

Bore

to make a hole by digging or drilling

Cavity

an opening

Cerebral

Intelligent

Chronic

Lasting over a long period of time

Coherent

easy to understand

Compensate

To make up for a fault or deficiency

comprehend

Understand; find meaning

Concave

Rounded inward

Concise

brief and to the point

Congenital

present at birth

conspicuous

obvious

constricted

Limited

Contingent

dependent

copious

abundant

cursory

hasty and superficial

Debacle

Disaster

Deficit

A deficiency or lack of something

Depleted

reduced

Deteriorate

To decline or worsen

Diffuse

Spread over a large area

Dilute

To make a liquid less concentrated

Discrete

separate; distinct

Distend

to engarle or expand

Docile

Easly controlled

Dormant

inactive, sleeping

Elicit

to cause a reaction or response

Emit

to make a sound

Enhance

to increase or improve

Equilibrium

Balance

Evasive

Seeking to avoid

Evolve

develop gradually

Exacerbate

To make worse

Fatal

Resulting in death

Fatigue

Extreme tiredness

Febrile

Extremely excited

Flaccid

Weak or soft

Formidable

Causing fear

Fortify

build up

Futile

Ineffective

Gratuitous

Beyond what is necessary

Impair

to make weaker

Impede

slow down

Impending

Occuring in the near future

Implied

suggested but not directly expressed

Inferred

Reached an opinion through reasoning

Infirm

lack of strength

Inflame

cause intense feelings

infuse

fill with something

Ingest

to consume or eat

Innate

existing from birth

Insidious

Gradually and secretly causing harm

Instill

to add gradually

insulate

to protect from outside influence

intact

untouched or uninjured

Intermittent

not continuous; happening at intervals

Invasive

interfering

Kinetic

energy of motion

Latent

present, but not active; hidden

Lethargic

lack of energy

Malleable

flexible

Melancholy

sadness

Meticulous

careful to notice small details

Migrate

transfer

Mitigate

To relieve

Myopic

short-sighted

Myriad

Great in number

Nebulous

Unclear

Negligible

Small or unimportant

Obscure

Difficult to see

Obtuse

slow to understand

Occluded

closed or obstructed

Opaqe

Difficult to see through or understand

Overt

obvious

Pacify

to sooth

Palpable

Easly felt

Perpetual

lasting forever

Plethora

excess; overabundance

Potent

powerful

Precipitous

very steep