HESI A2 Vocabulary and General Knowledge Rated A+
Abrupt ✔✔sudden
Absorption ✔✔movement of nutrients from the digestive tube into the bloodstream
Abstain ✔✔to voluntarily refrain from something
Access ✔✔a means to obtain or gain entry or a means of approach
Accountable ✔✔responsible
Adhere ✔✔to hold fast or stick together
Adverse ✔✔undesired, possibly harmful
Affect ✔✔appearance of observable emotions 1 / 3
Aggregate ✔✔a sum total of many things
Ambiance ✔✔the atmosphere of an environment
Annual ✔✔occurring every year
Anterior ✔✔facing forward
Apply ✔✔to place, put on, or spread something
Audible ✔✔able to be heard
Bilateral ✔✔present on two sides
Cast ✔✔hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals
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Cease ✔✔come to an end or bring to an end
Compensatory ✔✔offsetting or making up for something
Complication ✔✔an undesired problem that is the result of some other event
Comply ✔✔do as directed
Concave ✔✔rounded inward
Concise ✔✔brief, to the point
Confines ✔✔limits or boundaries
Consistency ✔✔degree of viscosity, how thick or thin a fluid is
Constrict ✔✔to draw together or become smaller
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