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HESI VocabularySelect the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. Something that remains is referred to as __________.
Resident
Residual
Resistance
Resin
Choose the word or phrase that best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Rational" means:
Angry
Reason
Rodent
Proportion
Choose the word or phrase that best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. The "insidious" disease was well established before becoming apparent.
Sudden
Suffer
Gradual
Graduate
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The __________ came to settle in the United States.
Immigrate
Migrate
Immigrant
Emigrant
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Unable to read and write is referred to as __________.
Illiterate
Illness
Illogical
Illegal
Select the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Illicit" means: Unlawful
Evoke
Provoke
Unfortunate
As the leader of the country, the President makes economic, social, and political decisions without consent from the citizens. The type of leadership is called:
Socialist Autocratic
Communist
Democratic
Select the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. The nurse said due to the inability
of the heart to pump its required amount of blood the patient was prone to "congestive" heart failure.
Obstruct
Overfill
Abnormal
Normal
Choose the word or phrase the best indicates the meaning of the "quoted" word. "Plethora" means:
Abundance
Abandon
Pleasure
Poverty
Select the meaning of the "quoted" word in the sentence. The physician instructed the patient to sleep with his head and shoulders "elevated" to help treat gastritis.
Turned
Still
Normal
Raised
Adhere – To hold fast or stick together
Adverse – Undesired, possibly harmful
Cease – come to an end or bring to an end Chronology – Order of events as they occurred, timeline
Concise – Brief, to the point
Constrict – To draw together or become smaller
Contingent – Dependent
Deteriorating – Worsening
Dilute – To make a liquid less concentrated
Equilibrium – Balance
Impending – Occurring in the near future, about to happen
Impervious – Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through
Imply – To suggest without explicitly stating
Insidious – So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
Lethargic – Difficult to arose
Occluded – Closed or obstructed
Patent – Open
Predispose – To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
Supplement – To take in addition to or to complete
Suppress – To stop or subdue
Which word names a medicine whose purpose is to induce vomiting?
Narcotic
Emetic
Prophylactic
Opiate
What is another word for 'panacea'?
Clinician
Cure
Painkiller
Vista
What is the meaning of 'disregard'?
Ignore
Pay attention to Have no opinion about Care for
Due to his 'mercurial' temperament, Justin did not work well with others.
Mercenary
Continuous
Unpredictable
Miraculous
A paroxysm is a sudden spasm. Another word for this might be
Symptom
Convulsion
Efficacy
Embolism
The meteorologist had forecast rain, ____________ Sheila brought her umbrella to work.
Nor
Yet
Because
So
Which of the following is spelled correctly?
Embarassing
Embarrassing
Embarassing
Embarrasing
Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence. Nurse Junko and _______ will review the patient’s chart.
She Them
Me
Him
Which of the following is the plural form of the noun "stimulus"?
Stimulus
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