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Vocabulary HESI
Proscribe - ANS IS; Forbid Holistic - ANS IS; Concerned with whole Repugnant - ANS IS; Offensive; to morals Exiguous - ANS IS; inadequency; lacking Untenable - ANS IS; No support; ground Clement - ANS IS; favorable Adversity - ANS IS; a state of burden or hardship Anecdote - ANS IS; a short story or account of an event Assiduous - ANS IS; diligent; hard-working Benevolent - ANS IS; showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity Boisterous - ANS IS; rough; rowdy; unruly Brazen - ANS IS; bold or unrestrained by normal standards Brusque - ANS IS; attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff Circuitous - ANS IS; lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout deleterious - ANS IS; harmful or deadly to living things deter - ANS IS; to prevent or discourage digression - ANS IS; a deviation or detour from the central topic or focucs diligent - ANS IS; persistent and hardworking disdain - ANS IS; lack of respect or intense dislike enervating - ANS IS; causing debilitation or weakness exasperate - ANS IS; to intensely irritated or frustrated exemplary - ANS IS; worthy of imitation; setting the example extenuating - ANS IS; diminish the seriousness of something fortitude - ANS IS; strength and endurance during a difficult situation fortuitous - ANS IS; happening by accident or chance rather than design garable - ANS IS; reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way hyperbole - ANS IS; exaggerating; making something more than it is impetuous - ANS IS; acting or done quickly and without thought or care imminent - ANS IS; very likely to happen inconsequential - ANS IS; something without importance or significance innocuous - ANS IS; harmless novice - ANS IS; a beginner, inexperience paradox - ANS IS; appearing conflicting or contradictory precocious - ANS IS; showing advanced development or maturity at an early age prudent - ANS IS; acting with or showing care and thought for the future sagacious - ANS IS; having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd seruntinize - ANS IS; examine closely and carefully
superficial - ANS IS; shallow in character and attitude, only concerned with thing on the surface superfluous - ANS IS; more than is needed desired, or necessary tactful - ANS IS; showing concern to not offend others tenacious - ANS IS; determined without change or doubt from the plan terse - ANS IS; to the point; concise transient - ANS IS; lasting for only a short time or duration trite - ANS IS; dull; common venerable - ANS IS; worthy of respect because of wisdom or age venerate - ANS IS; to regard with much respect wary - ANS IS; to be cautious or suspicious substantiate - ANS IS; confirm emaciated - ANS IS; abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. extirpate - ANS IS; remove malinger - ANS IS; exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. contingence - ANS IS; next to something portend - ANS IS; forecast Accost - ANS IS; confront puerile - ANS IS; childish conflate - ANS IS; merge congenital - ANS IS; in existence from birth succinct - ANS IS; (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed. callous - ANS IS; mean placate - ANS IS; comfort; bring peace inure - ANS IS; toughen malign - ANS IS; harm synergy - ANS IS; harmony turgid - ANS IS; swollen and distended or congested. paucity - ANS IS; lack salient - ANS IS; important restive - ANS IS; impatient, uneasy, or restless auster - ANS IS; attitude / behavior impetus - ANS IS; motivation laconic - ANS IS; brief in speech Contrite - ANS IS; Remorseful Postulate - ANS IS; Claim Taciturn - ANS IS; Reserved Chide - ANS IS; Scold Consternation - ANS IS; Anxiety Proximal - ANS IS; Near Cauterize - ANS IS; to burn Diagnosis - ANS IS; Explanation Cytoscopy - ANS IS; visual examination of the urinary bladder biopsy - ANS IS; an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease. Deficiency - ANS IS; Absence
- evade (a responsibility or duty). abscond - ANS IS; Flee, leave quickly abstemious - ANS IS; not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking accede - ANS IS; 1. agree to a demand, request, or treaty
- assume an office or position acme - ANS IS; the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful Proscribe - ANS>>Forbid; esp by law "gambling was proscribed" instill - ANS>>(v.) 1. to gradually and firmly establish/ to introduce (idea or attitude) in a person's mind
- to put a substance into something in the form of liquid drops impart - ANS>>(v.) to make (information) known; communicate; bestow (a quality) remedial - ANS>>supplying a remedy; intended to correct therapeutic jarring - ANS>>making or causing a harsh and irritating sound ominous - ANS>>Menacing; threatening; portentous portentous - ANS>>adj. ominous compensatory - ANS>>making up for; repaying; corrective abstain - ANS>>to choose not to do something; to forgo cavity - ANS>>hole febrile - ANS>>(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic to void - ANS>>urinate, release urine from the bladder voluntarily afebrile - ANS>>adj. no fever exemplary - ANS>>(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model Exiguous - ANS>>adj. very small in size or amount; inadequate "My bank account is exiguous because I like to shop" occluded - ANS>>closed or obstructed Untenable - ANS>>adj
- 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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>verb. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne; to give up or leave "King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936." Adversity - ANS>>noun. difficulty; misfortune
"It is such an adversity to buy clothes and see them go on sale the next day" Assiduous - ANS>>adj. showing great care and perseverance; diligent; meticulous "I am only assiduous when it comes to having fun" Benevolent - ANS>>adj.
- well meaning and kindly; showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
- serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose "A benevolent fund" Brazen - ANS>>adj.
- bold and without shame; unrestrained by normal standards. "he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance"
- made of brass verb
- to endure embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame Brusque - ANS>>adj.
- abrupt or offhand in speech or manner; attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff "she could be brusque and inpatient" Circuitous - ANS>>adj.
- longer than the most direct way; lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout "the canal followed a circuitous route" Collateral - ANS>>noun
- something pledgd as security or repayment of loan, to be forfeited in the event of a defult.
- a person having the same descent in a family as another family but different line. adj.
- additional but subordinate; secondary. a subordinate or accessory part. "collateral meanings of word"
- descended from the same stock but different line "collateral descendant of Bush"
- situated side by side; parallel. adjoining or accompanying "collateral veins" deleterious - ANS>>adj. causing harm or damage "divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children" digression - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>adj. causing one to feel drained or energy or vitality; causing debilitation or weakness "the enervating humidity of the coast"
tenacious - ANS>>adj. tending to keep a firm hold of something; determined; persisting in existence "you're tenacious and you get at the truth" Transient - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>adj. worthy of respect because of wisdom or age "a venerable statesman" substantiate - ANS>>v. to provide evidence to support the truth; prove "they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations" sinous - ANS>>adj. having many curves and turns; thin and bending gracefully; supple "the sinuous grace of a cat" emaciated - ANS>>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 - ANS>>v. to root out and destroy completely; destroy; eradicate "the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land" malinger - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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" - ANS>>portend Accost - ANS>>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 - ANS>>childish silly and trivial. "you're making puerile excuses"
- ANS>> succinct - ANS>>adj. brief and clearly expressed (esp of something written or spoken) "use short, succinct sentences on your personal statement" callous - ANS>>mean, showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
"his callous comments about the murder made me shiver" placate - ANS>>v. to make (someone) less angry or hostile. "whenever i'm mad, i placate myself with online shopping" inure - ANS>>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 - ANS>>inflate, swollen and distended or congested. "the tissues become turgid" paucity - ANS>>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 - ANS>>adj. most noticeable or important "it clearly covered all the salient points of the case" restive - ANS>>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 - ANS>>adj. severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance. "an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook" impetus - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>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 - ANS>>adj. reserved or untalkative in speech (of a person); saying little. Chide - ANS>>Scold or rebuke. "she chided him for not replying to her letters" Consternation - ANS>>n. feelings of dismay, typically at something unexpected. "I sleep in consternation not knowing where my phones are" Illustrious - ANS>>adj. well known, respected, and admired for past achievements; eminent
Overwrought - ANS>>adj. in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety. "Most students are overwrought to their nursing exams" Dotage - ANS>>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 - ANS>>accepted; generally considered or reputed to be. "the putative father of a boy of two" Intangible - ANS>>adj. unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence; vague "cyberspace is intangible to me" Conflate - ANS>>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 - ANS>>a substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material. Transmute - ANS>>v. to change Cirsumscribe - ANS>>v. to restrict (something) within limits. "my parents circumscribed my night outs with the girls unless they know I am safe" Deleterious - ANS>>Harmful Causing harm or damage Deferentially - ANS>>Respectfully showing respect; acknowledging superior claims, skill, judgment, or other qualities in another Perused - ANS>>Examine in detail Read thoroughly Concise - ANS>>Brief Distended - ANS>>Swollen Overt - ANS>>jawny, otwarty (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized Incorrigible - ANS>>Incurable (adj.) incapable of correction, delinquent (You can buy Grandma nicotine gum all you want, but I think that after sixty-five years of smoking she's incurable Ventral - ANS>>Front Anodyne - ANS>>Painkilling Palliative - ANS>>Soothing Prone - ANS>>Face down Supine - ANS>>Face up Deluge - ANS>>Flood, downpour Permeate - ANS>>Spread throughout, infiltrate to penetrate Detrimental - ANS>>Destructive causing harm or injury Censure - ANS>>Denounce To criticize harshly Delirium tremens - ANS>>alcohol drinking effects: sweating, trembling, hallucinating Posthumous - ANS>>Post burial
Post mortem Bellicose - ANS>>Quarrelsome Warlike behavior Truculent - ANS>>Argumentative Vivify - ANS>>Revive Animate Give life to HPV - ANS>>Human papilloma virus mucous membranes Admonition - ANS>>Caution Warning Waft - ANS>>Float Contemptuous - ANS>>Scornful Disdain, scorn Disrespectful Ostracize - ANS>>Snub Banish Exile To exclude from a group Indigent - ANS>>In need Impoverished Poor Nit - ANS>>Parasite Swathe - ANS>>Wrap Formulaic - ANS>>Systematic Organized Planned Hypothetical - ANS>>Unproved but assumed to be true Antidote - ANS>>Remedy Sanguinary - ANS>>Involving bloodshed Sangria/color of blood bloody Protracted - ANS>>Long-lasting Extended in time; prolonged Puerilism - ANS>>Childishness Puerperal - ANS>>Having to do with childbirth Evisceration - ANS>>The surgical removal of an organ's contents Flux - ANS>>Discharge (from the bowels) Flowing/outflow Emit - ANS>>Discharge Radiate Intra- - ANS>>Within Inside Into - ANS>>Preposition Expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else Expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something makes physical contact with something else
Debilitated lacking vigor or strength; weakened (-) Palpable - ANS>>It can be felt Mercurial - ANS>>Unpredictable characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood Elated - ANS>>Delighted Disregard - ANS>>Ignore Precipitous - ANS>>Swift Instant Rapid Sudden Immediate Continuous - ANS>>A condition that is ongoing Paroxysm - ANS>>Convulsion Cicatrix - ANS>>Scar of a healed wound Emetic - ANS>>Medicine/ induce vomiting Panacea - ANS>>Cure Principally - ANS>>Mostly mainly Disintegration - ANS>>Fragmentation Rationale - ANS>>Reasoning Qualms - ANS>>Misgivings Doubts Second thoughts A momentary faint or sick feeling Intact - ANS>>Whole Anterior - ANS>>Front Posterior - ANS>>Back Distal - ANS>>Away from an attached base Medial - ANS>>Nearer to the midline Lateral - ANS>>Away from the midline Gravid - ANS>>Expecting a child Riddled - ANS>>Overrun damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes puzzled by a question, problem, or matter Alimentary - ANS>>Related to nourishment Septic - ANS>>Infected Paltry - ANS>>Insignificant Trivial Insufficient Hindering - ANS>>Inhibiting Exacerbated - ANS>>Made worse Critique - ANS>>Appraisal YOB - ANS>>Year of birth Progeny - ANS>>Offspring Urea - ANS>>Crystalline compound from protein metabolism
Quandary - ANS>>A state of uncertainty Cauterize - ANS>>Burn it Heedless - ANS>>Careless Convoluted - ANS>>Twisted Complicated Adequately - ANS>>Satisfactory Ingenuous - ANS>>Naive Ingenious - ANS>>Clever Effect - ANS>>n. a change ; v. to cause something to happen Affect - ANS>>have an effect on; make a difference to. Capital - ANS>>accumulated wealth, or the city that serves as the seat of a country's or state's government. Capitol - ANS>>A building where a legislative body of a republic, state or country meets Forfeit - ANS>>Lose or be deprived of property, rights, or privilege as a penalty for wrongdoing Loose - ANS>>To release describe things that are not tightly fitted Lose - ANS>>To misplace or use up Then - ANS>>At that time Usually used to indicate time Than - ANS>>Used to make comparison Manage - ANS>>Supervise Menage - ANS>>Household, group Vulnerable - ANS>>Susceptible Compliment - ANS>>Praise Complement - ANS>>Matches Incessant - ANS>>Not ceasing precede - ANS>>to come before proceed - ANS>>to carry on discrete - ANS>>Distinct, separate Separate, not connected. Things that are separate or distinct from one another are discrete. o make certain that it does discreet - ANS>>careful about what one says or does; careful to avoid mistakes. Cautious, reserved, or modest, especially in speech. ex: this is a person who knows when not to speak about sensitive subjects. uninterested - ANS>>Not interested disinterested - ANS>>unbiased eminent - ANS>>Prominent, distinguished, of high rank imminent - ANS>>About to happen hanged - ANS>>suspended by the neck method of execution hung - ANS>>past tense of hang Asia hung ( not hanged) the picture on the wall. iterate - ANS>>To repeat to say or mention again or repeatedly itinerant - ANS>>Traveling from place to place wandering from place to place; unsettled
distill - ANS>>to cause to enter drop by drop; to impart gradually acute - ANS>>1. sharp; intense
- lasting for a short time boil - ANS>>an inflamed, pus filled swelling on the skin caused by an infected hair follicle (also known as a furuncle) counterfeit - ANS>>fake; false ethereal - ANS>>(adj.) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound) plastic - ANS>>flexible deluge - ANS>>a flood; an overwhelming rush ulcer - ANS>>Skin lesion-inflammation that can be external or internal hpv - ANS>>genital warts that is a lesion on mucous membrane councilor - ANS>>a member of a council, an advisory body, or an administrative body counselor - ANS>>someone trained to give advice principle - ANS>>n. a truth, a rule, or a law principal - ANS>>adj. most important
