HESI A2 Vocabulary Flashcards
**What is the meaning of the word languid?
Lacking energy, or causing a lack of energy or enthusiasm
burgeoning
Growing or developing quickly
Entreat
to plead with, especially in order to persuade
cicatrix
New tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar
proliferation
To grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
euphemism
The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
Adhereto stic
to stick
Irreproachable
Without fault and therefore impossible to criticize
endogenous
Found or coming from within something, such as a system or a person’s body or mind
Aide
a person who helps another person, especially in their job or with specific tasks.
Aegis
protection
analgesic
Something used to stop people from feeling pain, or relating to the stopping of pain
Affably
pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to”Affably
medication to suppress his persistent cough and allow for better rest Antitussive
medication to suppress his persistent cough and allow for better rest
Benevolent
characterized by or given to doing good?
perceptive
Astute
antihistamines
A type of drug that is used to treat medical conditions caused by an extreme reaction to particular substances
anticoagulant
A drug or other substance that prevents or slows down the process of blood forming a clot
boorish
Someone who is rude and not considering other people’s feelings
“make something greater”
Augment
“successful future”
Auspiciously
“shameless or impudent?
Brazen
auscultate
To examine by listening
Ambiguous
“someone or something that is unclear or not easily describable.”
To eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
Expectorate
Expiate
To admit you did something that was a sin or something you feel guilty about and to pay a penalty
Enigmatic
Someone or something that is mysterious and impossible to understand completely.
Euphemism
The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
Dejected
Low spirit
emigrate
To leave a country permanently and go to live in another one
expectorate
To eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
Exacerbate
increase the severity
etiology
The cause of a disease or abnormal condition
Enigmatic
Someone or something that is mysterious and impossible to understand completely.
Euthanasia
an act or practice of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering: advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases
Ephemeral
fleeting
something lasting for a short time
Flaccid
Soft
Flushed
rosy
Gamut
the entire range or extent of something
fortuitous
Happening or produced by chance
Hone
To make more acute, intense, or effective
Gregariousness
Fond of the company of others; sociable
Inexorable
not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
Impervious
not allowing entrance or passage
Imperious
Marked by arrogant assurance
Immigrate
To come to live permanently in a country that is not your own
Inoculation
vaccination against disease
Indigent
having no money or anything else of value
Omniscient
knows everything
ostracize
To exclude from a society or group
Migrate
to move from one country or region to another, often temporarily
Labile
readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown
obscure
Not known to many people
Milieu
the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develop
Enviornment
Magnanimous
generous
Overt
not hidden; open; observable; apparent; manifest
node
Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
obsolescent
Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness
Ominous
“portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.”
novice
A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner
Parsimonious
not spending money
Practical
practical”
Precipitous
Sudden
placate
To stop from being angry; appease; pacify; mollify.
Rancid
unpleasant”
scarcity
A situation in which something is not easy to find or get
Ravenous
very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
insatiable
Superfluous
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
suppurate
To form or discharge pus
tenacious
Holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold
Terse
using few words.”
Virulent
destructive course
Expedite
to accelerate”
Rancid
unpleasant
Veracity
Conformity to facts; accuracy
scarcity
A situation in which something is not easy to find or get
Invasive
ending to infiltrate surrounding healthy tissue
suppurate
To form or discharge pus
Trauma
body wound
Incidence
the rate or range of occurrence
auspiciously
In a way that suggests a positive and successful future
Invalid
ill or injured for a long time
Rationale
a statement of reasons
Prophylactic
prevent disease
remission
Subsiding of the symptoms of a disease
