HESI Vocab

• Abrupt


  Sudden
• Abstain


  to refrain from something
• Access


  means to obtain entry or a means of approach
• Accountable


  responsible
• Adhere


  to hold fast or stick together
• Adverse


  undesired, possibly harmful
• Affect


  appearance of observable emotions
• Aggregate


  a sum of total of many things
• Aid


  a resource (band-aid)
• Aide


  assistant; helper
• Annual


  happening once a year
• Applicable


  relevant
• Audible


  loud enough to be heard
• Benevolent


  showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
• Bilateral


  present on two sides
• Boisterous


  rough, rowdy, and unruly
• Brazen


  bold or unrestrained by normal standards
• Capacious


  Large in size or capacity
• Cardiac


  of or relating to the heart
• Cast


  hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals
• Cavity


  an opening or an empty area
• Cease


  come to an end or to bring to an end
• Chronology


  order of events as they occurred; timeline
• Circuit


  movement once around a course
• Circuitous


  of a route or journey, longer than the most direct way
• Collateral


  something pledges as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default
• 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; curve
• Concise


  brief; to the point
• Consistency


  degree of viscosity, how thick or thin a fluid is
• Constrict


  to draw together or become smaller
• Contingent


  subject to chance; dependent
• Contour


  shape or an outline of a shape
• Contract


  to draw together, to reduce in size
• Convulsion


  a violent disturbance
• Cursory


  quick, perfunctory, but not thorough
• Defecate


  expel feces
• Deficit


  a deficiency or lack of something