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Vocab for HESI ent.
HESI entrance!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABSTAIN | TO VOLUNTARILY REFRAIN FROM SOMETHING |
| ACCESS | A MEAND TO OBTAIN ENTRY OR A MEANS OF APPROACH |
| ADHERE | TO HOLD FAST OR STICK TOGETHER |
| ADVERSE | UNDESIRED, POSSIBLY HARMFUL |
| AFFECT | APPEARANCE OF OBSERVABLE EMOTIONS |
| BILATERAL | PRESENT ON TWO SIDES |
| COMPENSATORY | OFFSETTING OR MAKING UP FOR SOMETHING |
| CONCAVE | ROUNDED INWARD |
| CONCISE | BRIEF, TO THE POINT |
| CONSTRICT | TO DRAW TOGETHER OR BECOME SMALLER |
| CONTINGENT | DEPENDANT |
| CONTOUR | SHAPE OR OUTLINE OF A SHAPE |
| DEFECATE | EXPEL FECES |
| DEFICIT | A DEFICEINCY OR LASK OF SOMETHING |
| DISCRETE | DISTINCT, SEPERATE |
| DISTENDED | ENLARGED OR EXPANDED FROM PRESURE |
| ENDOGENOUS | PRODUCED WITH IN THE BODY |
| EXACERBATE | TO MAKE WORSE OR MORE SEVERE |
| EXOGENOUS | PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE BODY |
| FLACCID | LIMP, LACKING TONE |
| GAPING | WIDE OPEN |
| IMPENDING | LIKELY TO OCCUR SOON |
| INFLAMMED | REDDENED, SWOLLEN, WARM, AND OFTEN TENDER |
| INITIATE | TO BEGIN OR PUT INTO PRACTICE |
| INSIDIOUS | SO GRADUAL AS TO NOT BECOME THE APPARENT FOR A LONG TIME |
| LABILE | CHANGING RAPIDLY AND OFTEN |
| LATENT | PRESENT, BUT NOT ACTIVE OR VISIBLE |
| MANIFESTATION | AN INDICATION OR SIGN OF A CONDITION |
| OCCLUDED | CLOSED OR OBSTRUCTED |
| OMNIOUS | SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT AND DANGEROUS |
| OVERT | OBVIOUS, EASILY OBSERVED |
| PARAMETER | A CHARACTERISTIC OR CONSTANT FACTOR |
| PAROXYSMAL | BEGINING SUDDENLY OR ABRUPTLY |
| PATENT | OPEN |
| PRECIPITOUS | RAPID, UNCONTROLLED |
| PROGNOSIS | THE ANTICIPATED OR EXPECTED COURSE OR OUTCOME |
| RATIONALE | THE UNDERLYING REASON |
| RETAIN | TO HOLD OR TO KEEP |
| SUPPRESS | TO STOP OR SUBDUE |
| UNTOWARD | ADVERSE OR NEGATIVE |