HESI A2 VOCABULARY LATEST 2023
RATED A
lucid ✔✔clear, easily understandable
mandate ✔✔authoritative command
mitigate ✔✔TO CAUSE TO BECOME LESS HARSH; SEVERE, OR PAINFUL; ALLEVIATE
obstinate ✔✔stubborn; unyielding
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HESI A2 VOCABULARY LATEST 2023
RATED A
lucid ✔✔clear, easily understandable
mandate ✔✔authoritative command
mitigate ✔✔TO CAUSE TO BECOME LESS HARSH; SEVERE, OR PAINFUL; ALLEVIATE
obstinate ✔✔stubborn; unyielding
odious ✔✔hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike
orthodox ✔✔Conforming to established standards, conventional
perfidious ✔✔Disloyal
puerile ✔✔childish, immature
rancid ✔✔Having a bad taste or smell; spoiled
relegate ✔✔(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
solicitous ✔✔CONCERNED; ATTENTIVE; EAGER
cajole ✔✔To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or
false promises
curative ✔✔Healing, medicinal, therapeutic
perpetuate ✔✔(v.) to make permanent or long lasting
abate ✔✔to reduce
abstemious ✔✔moderate in appetite
abysmal ✔✔VERY BAD
adjunct ✔✔SOMETHING ADDED, ATTACHED, OR JOINED
affected ✔✔PRETENTIOUS, PHONY
aggregate ✔✔Sum Total
allay ✔✔TO LESSEN; EASE; SOOTHE
ambiguous ✔✔UNCLEAR OR DOUBTFUL IN MEANING
ambivalence ✔✔indecision
anodyne ✔✔something that calms or soothes pain
antecedent ✔✔SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE
appease ✔✔(v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to
apprise ✔✔TO INFORM
arduous ✔✔EXTREMELY DIFFICULT; LABORIOUS
arrest ✔✔TO STOP; TO SEIZE
astringent ✔✔HARSH; SEVERE
asylum ✔✔PLACE OF REFUGE OR SHELTER
cardinal ✔✔OF FOREMOST IMPORTANCE
carping ✔✔Finding fault
catalyst ✔✔something that brings about a change in something else
caustic ✔✔burning or stinging; causing corrosion
coagulate ✔✔Thicken; congeal; clot
compendium ✔✔BRIEF, COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY
complacent ✔✔Self satisfied
contentious ✔✔argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
contumacious ✔✔insubordinate, rebellious
conundrum ✔✔RIDDLE; PUZZLE WITH NO SOLUTION
converge ✔✔Coming together
convoluted ✔✔TWISTED; COMPLICATED
cornucopia ✔✔Abundance
covert ✔✔HIDDEN; SECRET
credo ✔✔STATEMENT OF BELIEF OR PRINCIPLE; CREED
deference ✔✔respect; courtesy
derivative ✔✔unoriginal, obtained from another source
desiccate ✔✔to dry out thoroughly
desultory ✔✔RANDOM; DISCONNECTED; RAMBLING
discerning ✔✔PERCEPTIVE; EXHIBITING KEEN INSIGHT AND GOOD JUDGMENT
dormant ✔✔Inactive
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