HESI VOCAB: A-C

Question 1

To voluntarily refrain from something

Answer 1

abstain

Question 2

to be responsible

Answer 2

accountable

Question 3

sudden, intense

Answer 3

acute

Question 4

to hold fast or stick together

Answer 4

adhere

Question 5

undesired, possibly harmful

Answer 5

adverse

Question 6

control, protection

Answer 6

aegis

Question 7

uncertain, having contradictory feelings

Answer 7

ambivalent

Question 8

to place, to put on, or spread something

Answer 8

Apply

Question 9

to give consent to agree

Answer 9

assent

Question 10

able to be heard

Answer 10

audible

Question 11

single-celled microscopic organisms

Answer 11

bacteria

Question 12

present on two sides

Answer 12

bilateral

Question 13

of or relating to the heart

Answer 13

cardiac

Question 14

an opening or empty area

Answer 14

cavity

Question 15

come to an end or Bring to an end

Answer 15

cease

Question 16

order of events as they occurred; timeline

Answer 16

chronology

Question 17

offsetting or making up for somethingl

Answer 17

compensatory

Question 18

rounded inward

Answer 18

concave

Question 19

brief and to the point

Answer 19

concise

Question 20

degree of viscosity, how which or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows

Answer 20

consistency

Question 21

to draw together or become smaller

Answer 21

constrict

Question 22

dependent

Answer 22

contingent

Question 23

a reason something is not advisable or should not be done

Answer 23

contraindiction

Question 24

having or causing convulsion, violent shaking of the body

Answer 24

convulsive

Question 25

quick perfunctory, not thorough

Answer 25

cursory