Prepare for the HESI A2 admission assessment with these 4th edition practice questions and answers. This guide covers math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and science sections.
Q: Abstain
Answer: To voluntarily refrain from something.
Q: Accountable
Answer: To be responsible.
Q: Acute
Answer: Sudden, Intense.
Q: Adhere
Answer: To hold fast or stick together.
Q: Adverse
Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful.
Q: Aegis
Answer: Control, protection.
Q: Ambivalent
Answer: Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.
Q: Apply
Answer: To place, put on, or spread something.
Q: Assent
Answer: To give consent; to agree.
Q: Audible
Answer: Able to be heard.
Q: Bacteria
Answer: Single-celled, microorganisms.
Q: Bilateral
Answer: Present on two sides.
Q: Cardiac
Answer: Of or relating to the heart.
Q: Cavity
Answer: An opening or an empty area.
Q: Cease
Answer: Come to an end or bring to an end.
Q: Chronology
Answer: Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
Q: Compensatory
Answer: Offsetting or making up for something.
Q: Concave
Answer: Rounded inward.
Q: Concise
Answer: Brief, to the point.
Q: Consistency
Answer: Degree to viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows.
Q: Constrict
Answer: To draw together or become smaller.
Q: Contingent
Answer: Dependent.
Q: Contraindication
Answer: A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.
Q: Convulsive
Answer: Having or causing convulsions, i.e, violent shaking of the body.
Q: Cursory
Answer: Quick, perfunctory, not thorough.
Q: Defecate
Answer: Expel feces.
Q: Deficit
Answer: A deficiency or lack of something.
Q: Depress
Answer: Press downward.
Q: Depth
Answer: Downward measurement from a surface.
Q: Deteriorating
Answer: Worsening.
Q: Device
Answer: Tool or piece of equipment.
Q: Diagnosis
Answer: Identification of an injury or disease.
Q: Dilate
Answer: To enlarge or expand.
Q: Dilute
Answer: To make a liquid less concentrated.
Q: Discrete
Answer: Distinct, separate.
Q: Distal
Answer: Distant, away from the center (such as of the body).
Q: Distended
Answer: Enlarged or expanded from pressure.
Q: Dysfunction
Answer: Impaired or abnormal functioning.
Q: Empathy
Answer: Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another.
Q: Equilibrium
Answer: Balance.
Q: Etiology
Answer: The origin or cause of a disease or condition.
Q: Exacerbate
Answer: To make worse or more severe.
Q: Expand
Answer: To increase in size or amount.
Q: Exposure
Answer: To come in contact.
Q: Extension
Answer: Lengthening; unbending a joint.
Q: External
Answer: Located outside of the body.
Q: Fatal
Answer: Resulting in death.
Q: Fatigue
Answer: Extreme tiredness, exhaustion.
Q: Flexion
Answer: Bending of the joint.
Q: Flushed
Answer: Reddened or ruddy appearance.
Q: Gastrointestinal
Answer: Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines.
Q: Hematologic
Answer: Of or relating to blood.
Q: Hydration
Answer: Maintenance of body fluid balance.
Q: Hygiene
Answer: Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.
Q: Impaired
Answer: Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level.
Q: Impending
Answer: Occurring in the near future, about to happen.
Q: Impervious
Answer: Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through.
Q: Imply
Answer: To suggest without explicitly stating.
Q: Incidence
Answer: Occurrence.
Q: Infection
Answer: Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.
Q: Infer
Answer: To conclude or deduce.
Q: Inflamed
Answer: Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.
Q: Ingest
Answer: To swallow for digestion.
Q: Initiate
Answer: To being or put into practice.
Q: Insidious
Answer: So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.
Q: Intact
Answer: In place, unharmed.
Q: Internal
Answer: Located inside of the body.
Q: Invasive
Answer: Inserting or entering into a body part.
Q: Kinetic
Answer: Of or related to movement.
Q: Labile
Answer: Changing rapidly and often.
Q: Laceration
Answer: Cut; tear.
Q: Latent
Answer: Present but not active or visible.
Q: Lateral
Answer: On the side.
Q: Lethargic
Answer: Difficult to arouse.
Q: Manifestation
Answer: An indication or sign of a condition.
Q: Musculoskeletal
Answer: Of or relating to muscle and skeleton.
Q: Neurologic
Answer: Of or relating to the nervous system.
Q: Neurovascular
Answer: Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels.
Q: Nutrient
Answer: Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment.
Q: Occluded
Answer: Closed or obstructed.
Q: Ongoing
Answer: Continuous.
Q: Oral
Answer: Given through or affecting the mouth.
Q: Otic
Answer: Of the ear.
Q: Parameter
Answer: A characteristic or constant factor, limit.
Q: Patent
Answer: Open.
Q: Pathogenic
Answer: Causing or able to cause disease.
Q: Pathology
Answer: Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality.
Q: Posterior
Answer: Located behind; in the back.
Q: Potent
Answer: Producing a strong effect.
Q: Potential
Answer: Capable of occurring or likely to occur.
Q: Precaution
Answer: Preventive measure.
Q: Precipitous
Answer: Raped, uncontrolled.
Q: Predispose
Answer: To make more susceptible or more likely to occur.
Q: Preexisting
Answer: Already present.
Q: Primary
Answer: First or more significant.
Q: Priority
Answer: Of great importance.
Q: Prognosis
Answer: The anticipated or expected course or outcome.
Q: Rationale
Answer: The underlying reason.
Q: Recur
Answer: To occur again.
Q: Renal
Answer: Of or relating to the kidneys.
Q: Respiration
Answer: Inhalation and exhalation of air.
Q: Restrict
Answer: To limit.
Q: Retain
Answer: To hold or keep.
Q: Serene
Answer: Calm, tranquil.
Q: Status
Answer: Condition.
Q: Sublingual
Answer: Under the tongue.
Q: Supplement
Answer: To take in addition to or to complete.
Q: Suppress
Answer: To stop or subdue.
Q: Symmetric (Symmetrical)
Answer: Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position.
Q: Symptom
Answer: An indication of a problem.
Q: Syndrome
Answer: Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder.
Q: Therapeutic
Answer: Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder.
Q: Toxic
Answer: Causing harm, poisonous.
Q: Transdermal
Answer: Crossing through the skin.
Q: Trauma
Answer: Injury, wound.
Q: Triage
Answer: Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients according to the severity of a patients condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment.
Q: Ubiquitous
Answer: Being or seeming to be everywhere at once.
Q: Urinate
Answer: Excrete or expel urine.
Q: Vascular
Answer: Of or relating to blood vessels.
Q: Verbal
Answer: Spoken, using words.
Q: Virulent
Answer: Extremely harmful and severe.
Q: Virus
Answer: Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease.
Q: Vital
Answer: Essential
Q: Volume
Answer: Amount of space occupied by fluid.
Q: Abrupt
Answer: Sudden and unexpected.
Q: Access
Answer: A means of approaching or entering a place.
Q: Affect
Answer: Have an effect on; make a difference to. Touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally.
Q: Annual
Answer: Occurring once every year.
Q: Cast
Answer: Throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction. Throw (something) so as to cause it to spread over an area.
Q: Complication
Answer: A circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty. An involved or confused condition or state.
Q: Comply
Answer: (Of a person or group) act in accordance with a wish or command.
Q: Contour
Answer: An outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
Q: Contract
Answer: A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
Q: Diameter
Answer: A straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.
Q: Elevate
Answer: Raise or lift (something) up to a higher position.
Q: Excess
Answer: An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
Q: Exogenous
Answer: Relating to or developing from external factors.
Q: Flaccid
Answer: (Of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.
Q: Gaping
Answer: (Of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open.
Q: Gender
Answer: The state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).
Q: Ominous
Answer: Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
Q: Overt
Answer: Done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden.
Q: Paroxysmal
Answer: A violent attack.
Q: Site
Answer: The place, scene, or point of something.
Q: Strict
Answer: Tight, close.
Q: Untoward
Answer: Difficult to guide, manage, or work with.
Q: Void
Answer: Of no legal force or effect. (Containing nothing).